Re^5: Perl Best Practices for naming variables (sv, av, hv)

Maybe, though array-value/hash-value/scalar-value don't sound as good as array-ref/hash-ref/scalar-ref -- but definitely better than ref-array/ref-hash/ref-scalar

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Re^6: Perl Best Practices for naming variables (sv, av, hv) by tye (Sage) on Nov 09, 2012 at 05:00 UTC
But ar, hr, and sr aren't any more recognizable than ra, rh, and rs (probably worse because, especially hr and sr, they are too recognizable as something else). I think aref, href, and sref would work fine. But if I want a prefix half that long, I'm going with av, hv, and sv. :) - tye	[reply]
Re^7: Perl Best Practices for naming variables (sv, av, hv) by Anonymous Monk on Nov 09, 2012 at 08:00 UTC
they are too recognizable as something else :) I don't have much in the way of cultural bias, but I am biased against calling a reference a value -- sure its a value, sure its common in perlapi/perlxs , but not in the perldata...	[reply]