From: Stephen Leake <Stephen.Leake@gsfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign help!!]
Date: 1997/05/14
Date: 1997-05-14T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <337A1B42.7276@gsfc.nasa.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5lcefp$riu$1@ash.ridgecrest.ca.us
Do-While Jones wrote:
>
> Speaking from a maintenance point-of-view, I certainly prefer
>
> package Angles is
>
> type Degrees is digits ...;
>
> to
>
> > package Angles is
> >
> > type Angle_Type is digits ...; -- in degrees
>
> because it eliminates the need to "grep Angle_Type angles.ads" to see if a
> variable of Angle_Type (declared in a different package) is expressed in
> degrees or radians.
But this package does not prevent someone from writing:
Angle_In_Radians : Angles.Degrees := Item / 360.0;
If you are trying to enforce units, you need a private type. But then
you need a system of private types providing all units, so this is not
an isolated case.
>
> Never express in a comment that which can be expressed in the code.
>
More importantly, don't pretend you are providing an abstraction that
you are not!
>
> Do-While Jones
>
--
- Stephe
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Thread overview: 103+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-05-05 0:00 assign help!! Ivan Gou
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Charles H. Sampson
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign help!!] John G. Volan
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Jay Martin
1997-05-09 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1997-05-09 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-10 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-10 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-13 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Wayne Magor
1997-05-16 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-18 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-20 0:00 ` naming convention discussion Peter Hermann
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign help!!] Ben Brosgol
1997-05-14 0:00 ` naming convention: trailing underscore Peter Hermann
1997-05-14 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-15 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
[not found] ` <dewar.863717431@merv>
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign help!!] Robert A Duff
1997-05-18 0:00 ` Underscores in identifiers (was: Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) Ben Brosgol
1997-05-16 0:00 ` naming convention discussion Peter Hermann
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-20 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1997-05-17 0:00 ` Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign help!!] Arthur Schwarz
1997-05-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-17 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-18 0:00 ` Andrew Dunstan
1997-05-18 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-19 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-19 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Aaron Metzger
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-11 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-13 0:00 ` David L Brown
1997-05-13 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen FOU.TD/DELAB
1997-05-13 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-12 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-13 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-13 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Do-While Jones
1997-05-14 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-14 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-15 0:00 ` Tangent to Religious naming convention discussion W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-15 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Stephen Leake [this message]
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1997-05-14 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1997-05-14 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-15 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1997-05-15 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign help!!] John G. Volan
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-10 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-12 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-12 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Doug Smith
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Wayne Magor
1997-05-16 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-17 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-19 0:00 ` Doug Smith
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-09 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-12 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-10 0:00 ` assign help!! Simon Wright
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
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