Using “Base” in a Class Name

Question

Is it acceptable to use the word \'Base\' in a class name which is a the bottom of the inheritance tree?

I have always found this a bit of a cop-out, just wondering

Answer 1

I also side with the no camp...place a Base in there today and in 6 months someone will whack a MyDerivedClass class in you code base while you're not looking.