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Subject: Re: Ada Quality and Style book discussion ("_Type" suffix)
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:45:25 -0000
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Brian May wrote:
> It was decided that it helped if you were reminded what type the
> variable is whenever you go to use it.

And what happens when the type changes, say from an integer to a float - do
you _really_want to have to change everywhere it is used? What about legacy
products?