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Subject: Re: Convention for naming of packages
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:33:05 +0100
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Le Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:09:00 +0100, Georg Bauhaus  =

<rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de> a =C3=A9crit:

> On 10.02.12 16:07, Yannick Duch=C3=AAne (Hibou57) wrote:
>
>>    Object : constant Object_Type :=3D Object (Param);
>
> (1) Does Object do anything? Does it, for example, make an object
> from Param? (2) Is there some kind of relationship between the
> function Object and its Param? (3) Is Object different from
> Object_Type--other than being a function, not a type?
>
> If any of the questions has a positive answer,
> the answer should generate solutions.
>
> (1) An obvious prefix for the function name might be Make_.

The common practice is not to use a prefix, and use either Make or Creat=
e  =

alone.

This practice works fine, so as a derived question, I was questioning  =

myself about the conversion functions: if we name creation function Make=
  =

or Create, shouldn't conversion functions be named the same way using a =
 =

single word like Casted or Converted? (adjectives because these are  =

function)

This may cause ambiguities in some context, but not more the Create/Make=
  =

and type qualification is always available to solve ambiguities.

What's your feeling?

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