[Tutor] Name for this type of class?

[Roel Schroeven]

Mats Wichmann schreef op 3/08/2019 om 19:16:
>>> file_count
>>> line_count
>>> byte_count
>>> ...
> 
> why not "files", "lines", "bytes"... the plural form already tells you
> it's a counter.

> Opinions, we all have 'em  :)

We do, and in this case I strongly disagree with yours :)

To me a plural indicates a collection of items, not a number of items. 
It may seem a small detail, but when I see "files" in a codebase to 
indicate a count, instead of "file_count" or "nr_files" or "num_files", 
it always takes me a moment of reflection to graps the meaning. Every 
time again.

If you use plural to indicate counts, what do you use for collections of 
items?

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Roel Schroeven