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Name :   Ian S. Piper
Organization :   Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
Post Date :   9/29/2005

Section Comments
Section :  4.2.3
Page no. :  4-5
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Comment :  The following requirement in item (b) is not necessary, "Each module shall be uniquely and mnemonically named, using names that differ by more than a single character."  There is nothing wrong with function names like “SetLimit()” and “GetLimit()”.  There is nothing ambiguous about names that differ by one character, any more than people would mistake the name "Harry" for "Larry".

Proposed change:  Remove, from 4.2.3(b), the following language ", using names that differ by more than a single character. "