Sounds like what I’ve been doing is what others do too - I just wasn’t sure if my memory had served me well. It was great to be reminded about some of the subtleties though - hadn’t thought about a/an stopping inst var collisions.
I actually have an original copy of that style book, I was working at OTI at the time and knew Suzanne and Dave and we were all given a copy (probably worth a quick skim again) Thanks everyone Tim Sent from my iPhone > On 12 Jul 2018, at 11:09, Erik Stel <erik.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In the day, I learned from Smalltalk with Style: > http://sdmeta.gforge.inria.fr/FreeBooks/WithStyle/SmalltalkWithStyle.pdf > > On PDF-page 13 naming starts. On PDF-page 29 parameter names are explained > (but refers back to typed names for example). Naming ends at PDF-page 35. So > quite elaborate explanation of naming ;-). > > In practice I also mix typed names (aCollection), semantic names (addresses) > and a combination (anAddressCollection). I prefer the combination except for > trivial situations or when the (class and) method name provide(s) enough > context (name: aString). This later might in itself be less trivial if the > context get broader than class and method (name). > > @Tim, the book might be useful for more than just naming since it covers > quite some ground. > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >
