G'day karlgoethebier,

Here's some suggestions for new names along with my rationale for choosing them. If you don't like my suggestions, that's fine; however, perhaps the rationale I've used may help you choosing ones more to your liking.

$test is a boolean which defines whether or not to stop iterating. This could be when you've completed $iterations iterations or earlier if "$re_z * $re_z + $im_z * $im_z > 4" is TRUE. How about renaming $test to $stop_iterating.

$div is a boolean which defines whether or not you're in the (Mandelbrot) set. specifies whether or not the pixel gets a colour. If TRUE, the pixel gets a colour from the palette; if FALSE, the pixel gets black. How about renaming $div to $in_set $colour_pixel.

I think $old_re_z is reasonably meaningful as it stands. I might have used $last_re_z.

Update (Wed 10 Jun 2015 15:49:34 AEST):

Changed the paragraph starting "$div is a boolean ...". This fixes issues noted by karlgoethebier in his response below.

-- Ken

In reply to Re: Refactoring: Better Variable Names For Better Understanding? by kcott
in thread Refactoring: Better Variable Names For Better Understanding? [SOLVED] by karlgoethebier

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