Re: Suffix _T for types found good

["Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org>]

Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> 
> The identity can be a bit of a formal identity.
> For example, a subprogram parameter name designates a
> specific object during each invocation. But there are
> many invocations. Each gets a different specific node.
> In this case,  a convention is to use the prefix
> "The_" to indicate identity:
> 
>   procedure Foo(The_Node: ....);

Prefixes are a very bad idea. Psychologically, the first few characters of an 
identifier are the most important in recognizing it. When multiple identifiers 
start with the same prefix, recognition is made more difficult. The ease of 
understanding is reduced compared to the same code without common prefixes.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"To Err is human, to really screw up, you need C++!"
St�phane Richard
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