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Asked: 2026-05-14T20:16:57+00:00

I tend to have this redundant naming in case classes: abstract class MyTree case

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I tend to have this redundant naming in case classes:

abstract class MyTree
case class MyTreeNode (...)
case class MyTreeLeaf (...)

Isn’t it possible to define Node and Leaf inside of MyTree?
What are best practices here?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Since class, trait and object names are package scoped, why not use the package to provide insurance against aliasing with other nodes and leafs and call them simply Node and Leaf, while leaving them outside any other scoping construct (i.e., an object)?

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