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    <p>Okay, this one is pretty hard to google.</p> <p>Occasionally, I stumble upon code in any language that uses a naming convention where variable names start with the prefix 'the' under certain circumstances.</p> <p>I could not figure out, however, what these circumstances are. So my questions are:</p> <ol> <li><p>Is this convention common? Does it have a name?</p></li> <li><p>If 1) is still "ungoogleable": What are the principles behind this convention? What problems does it address? I would like to understand.</p></li> <li><p>If not covered by 1) and 2): Where does the convention come from? What are its origins? Is or was it connected to a specific programming language?</p></li> </ol> <p>Examples:</p> <ul> <li><p>From the Steinberg ASIO SDK 2.3, file asiodrivers.cpp, line 88:</p> <pre><code>extern IASIO* theAsioDriver; </code></pre> <p>where IASIO is an interface definition.</p></li> <li><p><a href="http://hl7api.sourceforge.net/base/apidocs/src-html/ca/uhn/hl7v2/util/StringUtil.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://hl7api.sourceforge.net/base/apidocs/src-html/ca/uhn/hl7v2/util/StringUtil.html</a></p></li> <li><p><a href="http://xml.apache.org/xalan-c/apiDocs/classXStringAllocator.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://xml.apache.org/xalan-c/apiDocs/classXStringAllocator.html</a></p></li> <li><p><a href="http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/65050/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/65050/</a></p></li> <li><p><a href="http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~sahni/dsaac/enrich/c20/fold2.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~sahni/dsaac/enrich/c20/fold2.htm</a></p></li> </ul> <p>I am hoping for some insight into why people do this. One example might be to tell parameters from members in setter/getter methods, but this choice of prefix seems random to me.</p>
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    1. COAn example of such theMania would have been nice...
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    2. CONo, a "prefix-the" tag is not a good idea - I don't see sufficient questions on the topic of the "the" prefix in the future to justify a tag.
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    3. COI see, you are right. It would most probably be only one question.
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