Responding to Nick's question to users, my answer is no.
I use variable name abbreviations all the time. I find it convenient
especially during the flow of exploratory analysis, and I've never been
burned by that practice. If there were an option to prevent abbreviations,
that would be fine but I wouldn't use it.
..Frank
> > 2. Users
> > ========
> >
> > Do you want what Glen wants? Not disallowing all
> > variable name abbreviations, which I guess will
> > never happen, but being able to set this for yourself
> > to avoid what Glen describes.
> >
> > Nick
> > [email protected]
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