explicit syntax for accessing class members and globals

[Sean Kelly]

Serg Kovrov wrote:
> Hello D-people,
> 
> It is strange I didn't encounter debates regarding subject so far. That 
> I mean is a way to distinct class members and globals from local 
> identifiers. For example forcing to use 'this' to access member data and 
> methods.
> 
> Then I first saw this approach in PHP (after C++ background), I was 
> thinking that it is a stupidest idea - to type (and see) 'this->' 
> allover again. But in time I get used to it and do really appreciate it. 

It's obviously not enforced by the compiler, but I prefer a naming 
convention to distinguish class member data from other data.  Prefixing 
"this." to everything is relatively verbose, and the compiler still 
won't catch all bugs if you have a local variable with the same name as 
a class member variable (though I believe this is actually a "shadowing" 
error now).  In any case, the convention I use is:

class C
{
     int        m_val1;  // "m_" prefix for class members
     static int sm_val2; // "sm_" prefix for static members
}


Sean