I see s.SetEmitterSize, then I have to look at what s is first.
that would be bad. I would never have s be a particlesystem in one function and s be a ship in another function.
I would have each type with a unique abbreviation. if s is used for ship, then particlesystem would have to use PS.
if the program is huge there are way too many types, then there would be almost no abbrieviations. ship would have to be ship.x, and shotgun would be shotgun.x, and particleSys.setemittersize()