From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7eaf9f2597de2259 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-04 23:35:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!pln-e!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!drn From: MM@MM Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: on package naming, should the word "_pkg" be part of it? Date: 4 Oct 2001 23:05:43 -0700 Organization: Newsguy News Service [http://newsguy.com] Message-ID: <9pjijn0pjg@drn.newsguy.com> References: <9pif1o01btl@drn.newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-327.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: Direct Read News 2.90 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13765 Date: 2001-10-04T23:05:43-07:00 List-Id: In article <9pif1o01btl@drn.newsguy.com>, mike@nospam says... > >i've seen some code where they write > >package foo_pkg is... > > >i.e. the name of the package contains "pkg" or "package" in the name itself. > >this seems redundent to me, but may be not. what do folks think? > with foo.boo; Now, boo need not be a package. it could be a subprogram, since subprograms can be decalred as children of packages. Probably not a common thing to do, but possible.