Philippe>- LOG (Upper Case) for static is the usual policy that is applied by all Philippe> of us since few time
In my opinion, log/logger is better treated as exception from "static final upper case" policy. It is used more often than other kind of static finals => it might deserve some exceptional casing rule. Philippe> - and if we don't like it, why just not merge it and rename the Philippe> variable ? I think we'd better agree on the style first, then merge. "log vs LOG vs LOGGER" might indeed be important, as it is better to follow the same style everywhere. Philippe> why just not merge It makes sense to activate relevant checkstyle rule, so invalid names could no longer get in. Philippe>do you think this kind of big discussion for a Variable naming without a I does not look like a big discussion yet. We are just solving one of the two hard things in Computer Science (see [1]) [1] http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html Vladimir
