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,c08a75c896c3685f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-21 14:27:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!peernews!peer.cwci.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "martin.m.dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3c4c22f2@pull.gecm.com> <3c4c3119$2@pull.gecm.com> <3c4c4475$1@pull.gecm.com> Subject: Re: Style Guide reference - subprogram/variable name lengths X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 22:27:31 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.150.168 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 1011652022 62.252.150.168 (Mon, 21 Jan 2002 22:27:02 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 22:27:02 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19152 Date: 2002-01-21T22:27:31+00:00 List-Id: "Preben Randhol" wrote in message news:slrna4p39f.1oj.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no... > On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 16:41:38 -0000, Martin Dowie wrote: > > > > "I refer the honourable gentleman to the question I provided earlier" > > to paraphrase our Prime Minister et al. :-) > > Which question I cannot find it. ha! weird! my first post appears via my work newserver but not my news server at home! (I had forgotten to add a subject, so presumable some news servers filter on this...) My original question was - the Ada Quality and Style Guide references Schneiderman's "The Territory, Paths and Destinations" and in particular cites it for not using 'too long' identifiers. But having trawled google et al I can't find this paper on any internet site. Can anyone give a brief explanation of what the paper says and what the maximum length he determined should be? Or, preferably, give me a URL to the paper! Thanks and apologies again! Thanks and apologies for