Re: Convention for naming of anything

["Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr>]

Le Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:32:40 +0100, Georg Bauhaus  
<rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de> a écrit:

> On 16.02.12 18:44, Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57) wrote:
>> Le Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:10:12 +0100, Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)  
>> <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> a écrit:
>>
>>> Hi people out there,
>>
>> With functional representation in mind, when an object X' is a value  
>> derived from an object X in a recursive algorithm, which way do you  
>> name both X and X', as the Prime symbol is not allowed in Ada names?
>>
>> * X1 and X2 ?
>> * X_1 and X_2 ?
>> * X and X2 ?
>> * X and X_2 ?
>> * X and X_Prime ?
>> * X and New_X ?
>> * X and Derived_X ?
>
> XX for x', XS for lists.

XS seems Okay for lists, while it may conflict with package names if you  
use plural for these too.

XX seems Okay for X', except when X is a longer name.

> If both a letter with prime and a letter with plural s occur
> in the same function, I'd choose a different prefix letter
> for either.

Right, but then, there is typically something like Head and Tail in the  
place, which does not use the plural. So this does not may not necessarily  
be an issue.


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