I know the point you're making, but I don't think it's very convincing. First off, OP is talking about a trend in the community to favor shorter and shorter na

I know the point you're making, but I don't think it's very convincing. First off, OP is talking about a trend in the community to favor shorter and shorter names. He didn't say you need to code that way, but there is an increasing chance that the programmers you work with, or the libraries you depend on, will have adopted this convention. Second, unless you are coding in a vacuum or starting a brand new project, you're usually expected to follow the conventions of an existing codebase. These were likely influenced by conventions in the community, which often are set by conventions in the standard library, which have much to do with the language.