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On 02/10/2012 07:56 PM, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> "Yannick Duch�ne (Hibou57)"<yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr>  wrote in message
> news:op.v9gxmhjnule2fv@douda-yannick...
> ...
>> Now I am seeking for something even more difficult: conflict between
>> function names and object names. This can be solved using prefixed
>> notation, but I want to avoid it to not bloat source too much. A too long
>> full name is not readable and can just make people think Ada is
>> definitively over-wordy (as J.P. Rosen explained in a paper, people tends
>> to keep in mind bad points first about Ada).
>
> We faced this problem in Claw. One thing that often works is for function
> names to be verbs, and object names to be nouns.
>
>>     function Object (Param : Param_Type) return Object_Type;
>
> In Claw, this function would be called "Create". And then there is no
> conflict.
>
Unless the function is meant to "Object" to the Param (i.e. raise an 
objection):

    function Object (Param : Param_Type) return Object_Type is
       Objection : exception;
    begin
       raise Objection;
    end Object;

Sorry, I couldn't help myself; I'll blame it on the Hobbitses.  Yeah, I 
know it's not legal.

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