To Hungarian or not to Hungarian

We are re-thinking our Delphi coding standards to match closer to the
standard found at:
http://www.econos.de/delphi/cs.html

A 'heated' discussion ensued over the use of Hungarian notation on
components. The argument (from one person) was "Hungarian notation is no
longer the recommended practice".

His recommendations were:

(Type -> Example name)
TDataSource -> DataSourceVendors
TQuery -> QueryInvoices
TADOQuery -> AdoQueryCustomers
TADODataSet -> AdoDataSetProducts
TwwDBLookUpCombo -> WwDbLookUpComboCustomerTypes

etc and so on.

My arguments were, Why all the extra typing? Why is the type more relevant
than the functionality (I'm fetching data from the database, why do I care
if it is a TADOQuery vs. a TADODataSet)? How does adding all the extra
characters enhance readability and maintainability?

Is Hungarian notation really dead? What standards do you use?

Thanks for any feedback,
krf


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