Re: A good way to name instantiated children?

[Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov>]

Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com> writes:

> Simon Wright wrote:
> > Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov> writes:
> >
> >>I solve this by prefixing Gen_ to the generic package names:
> > I've used the suffix _G (still in >1 mind about it, though!)
> 
> <snip> 
> If you are going to repeat "generic" in the name, a suffix is better
> than a prefix. Psychologically, the 1st few characters of identifiers
> are the most important in distinguishing them. If you have a lot of
> identifiers starting with the same thing, it makes your code harder to
> read. This applies to A_ and The_ on parameter names as well as to
> Gen_ on generics.

Interesting point. I use a _Type suffix on types; I'm not sure why I
decided on a prefix for generics.

I have noticed that using tab completion on file names that start with
Gen is a pain; changing to a suffix would fix that.

Always good to get reviews from independent observers :).

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-- Stephe