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From: doylep@ecf.toronto.edu
Subject: Re: Naming of Tagged Types and Associated Packages
Date: 1998/08/07
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In article <Pine.BSF.3.96.980805092758.8504A-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>,
  Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com> wrote:
> [...] that allows you to
> use the same names for types and variables. I find that very ugly, but I'm
> sure if I used Eiffel long enough my abhorence would diminish.

I think you would, for two reasons:

1. Nothing's stopping you from making yourself use different names for
everything.

2. It allows you to avoid contrivances by permitting things like this:

class CAR

feature
    steering_wheel : STEERING_WHEEL

end

What else are you going to call the steering wheel?  A
direction_control_device? I think any other name would be contrived.

 -PD

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