Sounds like what Iâve been doing is what others do too - I just wasnât sure if my memory had served me well. It was great to be reminded about some of the subtleties though - hadnât 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.stel@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.
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