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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@crs4.it>
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Subject: Re: Spell-checking source code
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Jakob Bieling wrote:
> "Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@crs4.it> wrote in message
> news:3F830C63.1070005@crs4.it...

>>I wouldn't like that.  Incorrectly spelled identifiers make code
>>maintenance more difficult.
> 
>     I do not know how you choose your identifier names, but I usually give
> them abbreviated prefixes,

I practically never use abbreviations or acronyms in identifiers - 
except for those from the project specific "approved" list ("IO" is 
always there, though :).  And when I do, it is always as separate parts 
like in "Integer_Text_IO".  I would never write "IntegerTextIO", 
"intTextIO" or "Int_Text_IO" in my code.

If you want more details on how I choose my identifier names, then 
chapter 3 in �Ada Quality and Style� is hopefully a good description.

Greetings,

Jacob
-- 
There only exist 10 kinds of people: Those who know binary
numbers and those who don't know binary numbers.