Re: Suffix _T for types found good

[Martin <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>]

On Aug 20, 12:53 pm, Stephen Leake <stephen_le...@stephe-leake.org>
wrote:
> Martin <martin.do...@btopenworld.com> writes:
> > I've used (and mandated) the "A_"/"An_" prefixes on a few projects and
> > it does work quite well and read fine.
>
> > I'll put my hand up and admit I _hate_ the noise of "_Type" - it
> > really ought to be clear and unambiguous from language rules but
> > isn't. :-(
>
> But you find the noise of "A_" more acceptable? that seems odd. I
> prefer "_Type"; it doesn't try to introduce any more meaning than is
> already there from the language rules.
>
> At least we agree that some noise in the type name is necessary, due
> to a wart in the language.
>
> I use "wart" to mean "ugliness, but not easy to fix, so we can't call
> it a bug".
>
> --
> -- Stephe

Yes - it's 3 character less typing! :-)

But yes, it's still "ugly" and it would be nice to be able to not have
to do anything like this.

Cheers
-- Martin