I know. But this is a matter of taste.

Anyway I do not code to read it. Code that works is boring. So I prefer a good book.
I find it much harder to remember hundreds of thousends constants then some simple numbers. (Especially in VFP where the help will bring up the numbers faster then constants. I agree on other languages) A simple messagebox needs several lines with all those MB* constant stuff. (And I'm not shure if the compiler will add up those constants. Its done at runtime, isn't it?)
(Before you ask: I do not care about coworkers. Not a single bit. This is not included in my salary.)

Code obfuscation is one of the basic parts a programmer has to remember on daily work. Thats why we have encapsulation.

Just kidding.

Agnes

>Agnes,
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>It's also easier to screw up a query by adding an extra field to the list and forgetting to change numbers.
>Basically it's the same as using "magic numbers" in your code. Makes harder to read and maintain it.
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