[krisoft]

I don't think args is the right variable name to pick for this argument. As you say it is what that thing is called idiomatically. I think it is fine.

It is more about if your code needs to parse an internationaly formated phone number from a string into a struct. (or pick anything else specific only to your problem domain) How do you call that function? Do you call it prsphi? (prs for parse, ph for phone number and i for international) Or do you call it parse_international_phone_number? Or maybe international_phone_string_to_phonenumber_struct? (or something similar in CamelCase)

That is where the difference starts to matter. And I for one don't want to read code with many prsphi's around.

[bluGill]

If you work wit the code enough prsphi becomes as idiomatic as args. The question is which should be allowed to become idiomatic in the first place. Arguments is of course common enough across a lot of different projects that you can make a stronger argument that perhaps it should - and in fact it might be better as nobody thinks of the dictionary definition: "A discussion in which disagreement is expressed; a debate." when they see args.

I have never worked with phone numbers outside of a class assignment so prsphi is not something I would understand. However if I was in a codebase that worked with phone numbers often I'd probably get to know it and like the shortness.

[cesarb]

> Do you call it prsphi? (prs for parse, ph for phone number and i for international) Or do you call it parse_international_phone_number?

That's a false dichotomy; you could call it for instance parse_int_phonenum, abbreviating "international" and "number" to the still understandable "int" and "num" (and smashing together "phone number" into "phonenum" since it's a single concept in this code base). It's nearly half the length of your suggestion, while still being understandable at a glance.

[krisoft]

Hah :D I was confused why would you change the signature to parse integers when clearly I said it was parsing strings. Turns out you were not calling it "parse integer" but "parse international". I guess that's a point against that name then?

[mangamadaiyan]

Try parse_intl_phonenum? One character longer than GP's.