Arbitrary abbreviations in phobos considered ridiculous

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Saturday, March 10, 2012 05:31:31 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> Well, I gotta say, I'm with Adam on this one: I think "duration" is much
> more clear, much easier to learn, and much easier to remember than "dur".
> Granted, I'm all for abbreviations when they're common enough, such as
> "curr" or "ident", but "dur" is just waaaay out there (And do we really need
> to invite "D: The 'Durrr' Language" heckling?).
> 
> That leaves "shorter" the only remaining reason, which becomes insignificant
> with the aliases, since the full "dur/duration" would be only rarely needed
> and the aliases are much shorter than even "dur".

Regardless of whether dur or duration is better, it's not worth the code 
breakage to change it.

- Jonathan M davis