code style

I keep seeing this sort of thing in so many modules:

Am I missing something, or is this utterly pointless?

Is it just me who finds this poor style and potentially confusing:

<?phpfunction my_function($nodes) {  foreach ($nodes as $nid) {    // do stuff  }}?>

To me, a variable names $nodes will be an array of nodes -- that is, node objects. If it's an array of nids, I would call it $nids to avoid confusion about what we have there.

I'm curious if other people agree (in other words, is it worth my time writing a patch for core or will it just lead to bikeshedding?)