Dave Whipp wrote: > If the construct is used only rarely then it should have a longer name,
Actually, Huffman coding implies that if the construct is used regularly then it should have a short name. It does not mandate a long name for rare constructs; it merely says that if a given short name is suitable for both a common construct and a rare construct, the common construct should get it. If there's no such conflict, there's no reason not to give the short name to a rarely used construct. -- Jonathan "Dataweaver" Lang
