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Subject: Re: Convention for naming of packages
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"Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> writes:

> I am thinking the plural could play this role. There may be a
> limitation to its application, as I feel to know some English nouns do
> not have a plural, or are spelled the same for both their singular and
> plural.

See http://www.rinkworks.com/words/wordforms.shtml. 

As to not having a plural, there may be some, such as perhaps Anger or
Weather; but I wouldn't feel bad about

   package Weathers is
      type Weather_Type is ...

since we'd all know what you meant.

On the other hand, if you are a _Type person, why would you need the
plural form for the package?

   package Weather is
      type Weather_Type is ...

   package Weathers is
      type Weather is ...