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On 12/5/19 11:51 AM, AdaMagica wrote:
> 
> (Broadsword, Catapult, Bow_and_Arrow);

There are 2 ways to look at them:

1. These identify the possible weapons: Weapon_ID
2. These are the names of the possible weapons: Weapon_Name

Either of these are better than any name derived using a convention, while still 
leaving the best name (weapon) available for parameter names. This because they 
were created by thinking (which is what S/W engineers are paid to do), while 
conventions exist to allow developers to avoid thinking.

I would even say that those who use naming conventions such as _T[y[p[e]]] are 
either not S/W engineers or are shirking their duties.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Ada has made you lazy and careless. You can write programs in C that
are just as safe by the simple application of super-human diligence."
E. Robert Tisdale
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