You want to encode as much context into the name as possible without breaking abstraction. Meaning that the definition of the function should not be part of the

You want to encode as much context into the name as possible without breaking abstraction. Meaning that the definition of the function should not be part of the name. Only the API of the function and context should be encoded into the name. So for example: areaOfTwoDimensionalBox is better than: area is better than: widthOfBox_times_heightOfBox