Re: some trivial questions?

[Robert A Duff <bobduff@TheWorld.com>]

"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> On 02/11/2017 14:21, Simon Wright wrote:
>> AdaCore used to use the rename-package-as-abbreviation pattern a lot,

Used to?  That style is used in the run-time system,
but not so much in the compiler.

>>     package SSE renames System.Storage_Elements;
>>
>> which helped a little once you got used to the standard abbreviations.
>
> That is the most annoying thing. People do not like "use" yet are not
> ready to face the consequences of their ideological choice. So they do a
> thing which combines disadvantages of both approaches.

I agree.  Using an unhelpful name like SSE (as in SSE.Storage_Array)
does not add useful information, but does add noise.  Either
Storage_Array or System.Storage_Elements.Storage_Array is better.

And how do you make sure that every package uses the same abbreviations
for other packages?

- Bob