I have a question for naming Array or List. Which ...

# android

[chanjungskim]

I have a question for naming Array or List. Which one do you prefer or are you using something else?
1. -s
2. -Array, -List ( name with Type, ex. -LinkedList)
For example, let's say there's a variable which is List<ScreenChannel> type, then for me, -s is very short and not clear what type it is so, I prefer the second one like val screenChannelList: List<ScreenChannel> is this verbose?

[Jason Robinson]

Personally, I choose to use -s when the type is a List or ArrayList most of the time. I don't have a very strong conviction to that though, sometimes I will add -List if I think it just sounds better aesthetically. It's basically the default collection in my mind. for less frequently used collections, like Set, I'll pretty much always add -Set to the end.

[lazynoda]

Choose what's better for you and your team. One of the reasons we name things and don't use a or b is to improve readability. So just go with the most convenient convention (inception here) for the ones using the code

[Chrimaeon]

Also keep in mind when you put the type in the name and the type changes, we’ll have a lot to refactor, that could be easily avoided with not having the type in the name.

[Jason Robinson]

Shift+F6 makes variable renaming trivial. Plus changing the underlying type could be a pretty big deal and warrants inspection of call sites (and potentially refactoring) regardless. Readability is more important imo, and making it explicit in the name that you're dealing with a special list type can help prevent improper usage. Just my 2 cents.