Is naming variables after their type a bad practice?

Question

I\'m programming C++ using the underscore naming style (as opposed to camel case) which is also used by the STL and boost. However, since both types and variables/functions are

Answer 1

No, I do this on occasions and it does not cause problems in the Microsoft world. For example,

class compiler
{
    symbol_table symbol_table;
};

has never caused any confusion. By the way, I called my cat 'cat' and that hasn't caused confusion either.