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Gary Scott a �crit :
> Using a properly structured naming convention is superior to defining a 
> new datatype that is internally identical with dozens of other types but 
> with a different name.

Are you kidding? And who is responsible to check that the convention is 
properly respected by all developers!

> It is especially disastrous in mixed language 
> programming to use too many non-unique data types.  The research 
> necessary to discover the interface is enormous.

The interface of what? Integers? When I see:

    type Whatever is new Integer;

I myself have no problem finding the interface... But if you have please 
explain!

Pascal.

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