From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7eaf9f2597de2259 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-04 13:34:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!falcon.america.net!eagle.america.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BBCC7EF.6C59C85D@otelco.net> From: Larry Hazel X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,x-ns11F8K63r3NhQ,x-ns2r2e09OnmPe2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: on package naming, should the word "_pkg" be part of it? References: <9pif1o01btl@drn.newsguy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 15:34:55 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.0.32.230 X-Trace: eagle.america.net 1002227671 66.0.32.230 (Thu, 04 Oct 2001 16:34:31 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 16:34:31 EDT Organization: 24hoursupport.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13741 Date: 2001-10-04T15:34:55-05:00 List-Id: "mike@nospam" wrote: > > i've seen some code where they write > > package foo_pkg is... > > i.e. the name of the package contains "pkg" or "package" in the name itself. > > this seems redundent to me, but may be not. what do folks think? > > mike That is sponsored by the Department of Redundancy Department. I think it is an ugly distraction, similar to adding _Type to type names. I notice the RM doesn't defint Integer_Type, Float_Type, etc. Larry