Arbitrary abbreviations in phobos considered ridiculous

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message 
news:jjdu0j$209o$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> I can't say I agree with this, as it pollutes the global namespace with 
>> several common terms that could be used for fields.
>>
>
> I'd argue that should not be considered a problem in this case:
> http://forum.dlang.org/post/jj6hnv$2o9s$1@digitalmars.com
>

Plus, having to [**occasionally**] change a "minutes" to "numMinutes" (or 
something, frankly, much more descriptive) is a hell of a lot better than 
having to use 'dur!"minutes"(5)' instead of 'minutes(5)'.