Not rules, but principles or guidelines. There may be valid reasons to not use them, but they help keep code more maintainable and reduce the chance of introducing bugs.
>Only that
purpose is a field as wide as one likes it. Is dealing with strings a single purpose or is LTRIM one?
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>You are very fond of such principles and rules, aren't you? Real world (aka: the hazy border of the screen) is different.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer