I think that those are valid names in a good context. e.g. if you have a function like "substring", then you can name "str" as the parameter and "result" the va

I think that those are valid names in a good context. e.g. if you have a function like "substring", then you can name "str" as the parameter and "result" the variable where you accumulate the result. Any other more semantic name for "result" would be "substring", i.e. the name of the function itself.