Re: Beginners question: Compound types, how-to?

[Brian Drummond <brian_drummond@btconnect.com>]

On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:05:02 +0100, Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@mail.com> wrote:

>Brian Drummond <brian_drummond@btconnect.com> writes:

>> Likewise Str ... String? Strength? Strangeness? Write them in full;
>> you'll thank yourself later. If you don't like typing long words,
>> either find an editor with an autocomplete function, or learn to use
>> "renames".
>>
>Str = Strength.
>
>As Florian said, those are domain-specific abbreviations. Anyone who
>plays role-playing games will know what they mean, anyone who doesnt
>doesn't have any use for my code anyway. 

If they are as embedded in an rpg-programmer's mind as "abs and "rem" to a
numerical programmer, then that's fine. Otherwise...

One of the things I really like about Ada is the traceability of what's visible
and where it comes from. It really helps understanding, especially when the
author has found the right balance of "use pkg_name;" and fully qualifying names
"pkg_name.type_name" so you are led directly to the source of "typename" etc.

Some people insist on never using "use" clauses, always qualifying names. I can
see their point but feel that's going a bit too far...

- Brian