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"Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor]" wrote: > > >>>>> "felix" == felixundduni <felix> writes: > > felix> Is there a particular reason why condition types are prefixed > felix> with "&"? > > Uh, yeah, so that they are recognizable as condition types. > > felix> I find this rather ugly. One just has to take a look at PLT's > felix> units/signatures to see a how such syntactical conventions can > felix> go totally haywire. > > Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; I rather like PLT's naming > conventions. Can you be more specific as to what you mean by "go > totally haywire"? Alternative suggestions? I find all those @'s and ^'s highly offensive. It breaks the flow and makes the code less readable (IMHO). YMMV of course. I like the names proposed by Mr. Stone. felix