Re: Help on record to a Newbie

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

Cedric <georg.maubach@gmail.com> writes:

> It is interesting to see that you also have a style that indicates
> types. You mentioned the current Ada style. Can you send me a link to
> the document you referenced?

You're on the point of igniting a flame war here!

Even the Ada language is inconsistent here: we don't say
{Standard.}Integer_Type, but we do say {Ada.Text_IO.}File_Type.

Personally I don't use _Type or _T, you know the name is that of a type
from context (eg, in 

   Foo : Bar;

you know Bar is a type). I will admit that this sometimes requires more
thought; it's easy to say

   Bar : Bar_T;

But more thought is usually a Good Thing.

The only "standard" style guide I know is the Ada 95 Quality and Style
Guide[1]. There is an Ada 2005 update in the form of a wikibook[2].

[1] http://www.adaic.org/resources/add_content/docs/95style/95style.pdf
[2] http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Style_Guide