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From: amado.alves@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: Suffix _T for types found good
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:44:34 -0700 (PDT)
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On 7 Ago, 18:19, amado.al...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > =A0index : anIndex;
> > > =A0buffer : aBuffer;
>
> > This is backwards to me:
>
> > =A0 anIndex : Index;
> > =A0 aBuffer : Buffer;
>
> > E.g. the value is a specific instance vs the type is general. The names=
 should
> > reflect that.

IIRC the rationale for "index : anIndex" is that it sounds like
English "index is an Index". Natural language syntax is a bitch!