Re: Suffix _T for types found good

amado.alves@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Regarding "_T" vs. "_Type" I am convinced the former is better but I
have to leave the advocacy for later. Or for others ;-)

Personally I prefer _Type. Yes it is more verbose but it follows the convention of using fully spelled out words for things. For access types I have used _Pointer. As in

type Integer_Pointer is access all Integer;

It mostly seems to work for me.
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