These are dang short compared to Java's FooBarBazBeanFactoryFuncClassImpl. The point you may be responding to is that "Short variable names" are themselves cont

These are dang short compared to Java's FooBarBazBeanFactoryFuncClassImpl. The point you may be responding to is that "Short variable names" are themselves contextual. If you're doing a simple loop: for i := range personlist { person := personlist[i] ... } Is more readable than for personNum := range personlist { person := personlist[personNum] ... } because it makes clear that the i is basically irrelevant. The latter isn't bad style if you're three loops deep, because i, j, k is a bit harder to keep track of which is which.