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Choosing between words with different spellings for function names

A question has been bothering me for a while: when developing international projects, it is common sense to use English as the reference language since it is the language that the most people ...
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Is C# namespace should be Project-Name?

I am working with multiple websites (freelancer) and a good amount of them I write using C# MVC4. I created a very good boilerplace project that I plan to use on every next starting mvc4 application ...
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Is it considered poor practice to include a bug number in a method name for a temporary workaround?

My coworker who is a senior guy is blocking me on a code review because he wants me to name a method 'PerformSqlClient216147Workaround' because it's a workaround for some defect ###. Now, my method ...
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Should I refactor single letter variables for constructs like pointer/structure names?

And No, i am not referring to single variables in loops or exceptions. Lets say pointer/struct names in large c ,c++ programs . Are there any languages where this type of naming is acceptable or is ...
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Any recognized convention for repository changelogs?

We use TortoiseSVN, but we have no bug tracking system. I know, lame, but beyond my control. There were times when svn wasn't in daily use. Now I've had succeeded in pressing for using it regularly, ...
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Is it a good practice to name the returned variable “result”? [closed]

Is it a good practice to call the variable a method returns with a variable name result? For instance: public Zorglub calculate() { Zorglub result = [...] [...] return result; } Or ...
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What do you call different user roles in software design?

I'm just curious, I'm building a web app with a User model which has role-based permissions. I have the following roles: Visitor (anonymous user) ?? (logged-in user) Moderator Admin I'm having a ...