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Subject: Re: Convention for naming of packages
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:22:46 +0100
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Le Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:19:47 +0100, Brian Drummond  =

<brian@shapes.demon.co.uk> a =C3=A9crit:
> If you have accepted _type, then why not _pkg for consistency?

I don't use _Type because I enjoy it, rather due to the too many conflic=
t  =

which occurs otherwise. I prefer abstract names, which ends to be the sa=
me  =

as the one you use for type.

_Pkg is an abbreviation, something which I would like to avoid, for a  =

matter of style. I mean uncommon abbreviation, and names like HTML, CSS,=
  =

are OK. I also would like to avoid suffix proliferation and use these on=
ly  =

when strongly required.

> Then you have
> Weather : Weather_type :=3D Weather_pkg.predict;
>
> I have seen this as a requirement in (VHDL) coding standards.
> But where plurals are more appropriate, I would prefer them.

When the package is named after an object name, I agree (some package ar=
e  =

named after an operation name, a pattern name, and other non=E2=80=91obj=
ects).

Will have a look at VHDL style convention.

-- =

=E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1]
=E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.=
=E2=80=9D [1]
[1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers=
ity