Re: XHR constructor example

On May 14, 2006, at 5:51 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:

>
> On Sun, 14 May 2006 14:05:57 +0200, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:
>>>>   var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
>>>
>>> Given that it doesn't have to be a request I think 'r' is saver or
>>> perhaps just 'x'...
>>
>> Please don't use single letter variable names for anything but  
>> loop index
>> variables (in languages that require those), it's generally considerd
>> quite bad practice.
>
> Sure, give a me a sensible suggestion and I'll take it. Given  
> recent discussions (you can post as well as retrieve) I'm not sure  
> the original suggestion `var request` makes sense.

I don't see how that discussion is relevant. It's still going to  
issue an http request per the http RFC.

Regards,
Maciej