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: 103376,577df5d4a0e88785 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-14 20:45:28 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!216.227.56.88.MISMATCH!telocity-west!TELOCITY!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!chnws02.mediaone.net!chnws05.ne.mediaone.net!24.128.8.202!typhoon.ne.mediaone.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Subject: Re: Bad coding standards From: Ed Falis Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: References: <3A376D69.A420D711@earthlink.net> <131220001555268634%emery@mitre.org> <91agll$kup$1@nnrp1.deja.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Pineapple News 0.8.7 [SKYLAB BETA], BeOS (Intel) 5.0.3 X-Program-URL: http://www.concentric.net/~brunsona/pineapplenews.html Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 04:45:13 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.91.79.5 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mediaone.net X-Trace: typhoon.ne.mediaone.net 976855513 24.91.79.5 (Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:45:13 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:45:13 EST Organization: Road Runner Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3160 Date: 2000-12-15T04:45:13+00:00 List-Id: > This is the most common reaction we receive when someone new enters > our > software group where we have standards that require a 3 character > mnemonic > as a part of all identifiers that are defined in package specs. > Usually > within a week of using this convention, they don't know how they ever > worked > without it. I've been running into it for years in customers' code, and still think it's pretty bogus, given that most Ada development environments have supported interactive cross-referencing for years. It just adds noise, but not as much as what Dewar pointed out with the fully-qualified names. - Ed