>Is this a big deal? Changing function names just to be consistent may be
>viewed as a waste of time. I don't happen to think so. It helps when I go
>read another module's sources if they follow a style consistent with the
>core stuff. I'm probably outnumbered in this view.

I have worked on several well built systems where, having learned the
naming conventions, I could just about "make up a name to fit the
functionality I was looking for" and then find that that function had
already been written by the developers.

One of Ousterhout's greater contributions was the documentation of his
team's programming standards.  I apologize for ending this message without
the link.  But if they're not there already, maybe the AOLserver.com folks
could link to them from their site.



Jerry
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