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=== Hungarian notation ===
Related to sigils is [[Hungarian notation]], a [[Naming convention (programming)|naming convention]] for variables that specifies variable type by attaching certain alphabetic prefixes to the variable name. Unlike sigils, however, Hungarian notation provides no information to the compiler; as such, explicit types must be redundantly specified for the variables (unless using a language with [[type inference]]). As most standard compilers do not enforce use of the prefixes, this permits omission and also makes code prone to confusion due to accidental erroneous use.<ref name="Linux kernel coding style">[https://slurm.schedmd.com/coding_style.pdf Linux kernel coding style], by Linus Torvalds</ref>