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On 11/6/10 5:53 PM, Stephen Leake wrote:

> If a clear, simple, consistent naming convention is used, these problems
> do not arise.

A simple, consistent naming convention may simply not exist when
you work across (a) languages, (b) on different projects...

> Please stop putting up straw man arguments!

... hence the argument is not at all a straw man. Is is a simple
observation of programming realities (a) and (b).

What I see here is an attempt to generalize a special case.

By sheer luck, some here on c.l.ada seem to be working in places
where there is one established coding convention.  This sure makes
for a happy living on a coding island and when this island has sufficient
extent, fine.  But in the light of (a) and (b) above, it does not
make for a general argument in favor of a convention in place of
good names.