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Subject: Re: Beginners question: Compound types, how-to?
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Peter C. Chapin expounded in
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> That said, I don't use _Type universally. There are some names where
> it just does not seem necessary. Integer is a good example. It's a
> judgement call about which names are good without _Type and which are
> not. However, I most definitely do not think _Type is "just noise."
> 
> Peter

I'm with you here. I don't like using _Type unless it is necessary. So if 
something is a Variable (in a Basic interpreter for example), then the 
type is Variable. The instance can then be a Short_Variable or 
Dim_Variable as appropriate (i.e. what kind of Variable).

But for other objects like Terminal, I go with Terminal_Type and allow
the single instance of it to be named Terminal.

It's simply a practical matter.

Warren