Re: Small question concerning use

[tmoran@acm.org]

> How do you name a variable so it doesn't conflict with other
> names when "use"d, but doesn't do too much repetition. What should
> Ada.Streams.Stream_Element_Count have been named? (Count's just an awful
> name, anyway, even outside a "use" enviroment; a count of what?)
  Sometimes you just have to decide at design time whether the package
is going to be "use"d or not.  If not, then
  package Apples
    Count : Integer;
lets you say
  Apples.Count :=
but, as you say,
  use Apples;
  ...
  Count :=
would be confusing.
OTOH, Ada.Streams.Stream_Element_Count was clearly designed with the
intention of "use Ada.Streams", in which case Stream_Element_Count
is very readable, while Ada.Streams.Stream_Element_Count is ugly.