>That is right. If you inherit a system where those rules were applied and a rewrite isn't an option, applying mdot is the only reasonable thing left to do. But its an ill advice to start building a new system using the same naming conventions for fields and variables, force the use of mdot and rely on old relics like scatter memvar.

As I mentioned rhetoric replying to Mike, I consider grouping mDot usage together with /at same level as "scatter memvar" as unworthy rhetoric.