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Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:34:56 -0400
From: "Peter C. Chapin" <pcc482719@gmail.com>
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Date: 2008-08-06T12:34:56-04:00
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amado.alves@gmail.com wrote:

> Regarding "_T" vs. "_Type" I am convinced the former is better but I
> have to leave the advocacy for later. Or for others ;-)

Personally I prefer _Type. Yes it is more verbose but it follows the 
convention of using fully spelled out words for things. For access types 
I have used _Pointer. As in

	type Integer_Pointer is access all Integer;

It mostly seems to work for me.