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On 16.02.12 18:44, Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57) wrote:
> Le Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:10:12 +0100, Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57) <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> a écrit:
>
>> Hi people out there,
>
> With functional representation in mind, when an object X' is a value derived from an object X in a recursive algorithm, which way do you name both X and X', as the Prime symbol is not allowed in Ada names?
>
> * X1 and X2 ?
> * X_1 and X_2 ?
> * X and X2 ?
> * X and X_2 ?
> * X and X_Prime ?
> * X and New_X ?
> * X and Derived_X ?

XX for x', XS for lists.

If both a letter with prime and a letter with plural s occur
in the same function, I'd choose a different prefix letter
for either.