ava/notes/names.md

Names

Names are user-defined strings that name defined items. All names (variable names, function names, etc.) follow the same rules.

Names are UTF-8 strings. The following values are excluded:

• Any reserved keyword (in total)
• Any reserved symbol or operator (in total)
• Any whitespace character
• .
• "
• ,
• \
• ( or )

Convention

• Variables use lower_snake_case
• Functions use lower_snake_case
• Generic Types use UpperCamelCase but prefer single letters such as A.
• Data Types, aliases, etc. use UpperCamelCase

Name Conflicts

• Variables may have the same names as functions.
• Functions/infix may not share names. No overloaded functions.
• Type classes may declare members with the same name, but if some type has an instance of each conflicting type class, names cannot be known without qualification.