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imprecise-names

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Flag identifiers whose name does not describe exactly what they contain — drift from package patterns, contradictory contents, misnamed feature gates, asymmetric mirror fields.

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Skill: Imprecise Names

Imprecise names — every new identifier must describe exactly what it contains. A reader should not be able to mistake it for something broader or narrower.

  • Builder/wrapper methods that drift from the package's existing pattern (e.g. adding AddLabel(k, v) when the rest of the package uses Label(k, v)).
  • Variables whose contents contradict the name — e.g. a set called noMoreBorrowingCohorts that actually contains cohorts which are still borrowing.
  • Feature gates whose name does not match what they actually gate. A gate named SkipFinalizersForServingWorkloads that controls a different condition is a hard naming violation.
  • Asymmetric mirror fields on a CRD — if excludeResourcePrefixes exists, the complement must be includeResourcePrefixes, not a freshly invented name.