On 27/08/13 09:26, Andrew Wilkins wrote:
> Traditionally I've also avoided abbreviated names (preferring context
> over ctx, transaction over tx/txn). I'm not 100% convinced that this is
> necessary, though, in these cases where there's a *conventional* and
> obvious abbreviation. I mean, ctx is pretty obvious. "c" not so much
> (though I use "c" a *lot* in llgo to shorten "compiler"; not great, but
> at least I'm pretty consistent about it, so it's a project-specific
> convention).

YMMV.  I find "txn" far more obvious than "ctx".

Talking of "c", I was astounded the first time I found a struct called
"C" being used in juju tests.

> Minimising cognitive overhead is more important than saving a few keystrokes.

I believe this is exactly what Tim is trying to say :)

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