From: mheaney@ni.net (Matthew Heaney)
Subject: Re: Two simple language questions
Date: 1998/01/07
Date: 1998-01-07T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: 690cuj$o23@lotho.delphi.com
In article <690cuj$o23@lotho.delphi.com>, tmoran@bix.com wrote:
>In <mheaney-ya023680000701980209270001@news.ni.net> Matthew Heaney said:
>>BTW: as a point of Ada style, do NOT name scalar types as a plural noun.
>Some of us, OTOH, think plurals are good as type names. e.g.
> Foreground, Background, Border : Colors;
>And from the 1989 'Ada Quality and Style': "Consider using a plural
>form as a type name." and "Using categories or plural nouns or noun
>phrases as type names helps to emphasize their generic nature."
Yet another example of why I dislike that book.
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1998-01-07 0:00 Two simple language questions tmoran
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1998-01-07 0:00 Chip Richards
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