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-Thread: 103376,2a687662f09731bb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!134.158.69.22.MISMATCH!in2p3.fr!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!carbon.eu.sun.com!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: Martin Dowie Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Don't use the "use" clause Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:06:35 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Message-ID: References: <1132227919.9036.51.camel@sonnenregen> <1132233886.11218.11.camel@sonnenregen> <43d5f493$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net> <43p449F1ous63U1@individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: host86-142-141-218.range86-142.btcentralplus.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com 1138187195 26416 86.142.141.218 (25 Jan 2006 11:06:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:06:35 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <43p449F1ous63U1@individual.net> X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2626 Date: 2006-01-25T11:06:35+00:00 List-Id: Peter Amey wrote: > I haven't followed all of this thread but do wonder if poor initial name > choice is sometimes a driver for the desire to employ "use"? I think > the original topic was Ada Quality and Style so naming may be on topic > anyway. > > I think the trick is to choose names knowing that they will be read in > sequences separated by dots. Then the desire to strip away chunks of > the name becomes less pressing. > > I often see (ghastly) things like: > > Engine_Sensor_Class.Engine_Speed_Sensors.Turbine_Speed.Read_Turbine_Speed And I know where you see this! ;-) Cheers -- Martin