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[Python-Dev] PEP 8 updates/clarifications, function/method style

[Python-Dev] PEP 8 updates/clarifications, function/method style [Python-Dev] PEP 8 updates/clarifications, function/method styleBarry Warsaw barry at python.org
Wed Dec 14 21:07:57 CET 2005
On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 09:08 -0800, Michael Chermside wrote:
> Wolfgang writes:
> > We need a clear style for function and method names
> > now std lib uses "foo_bar" sometimes "foobar"
> > and sometimes "fooBar".
> 
> Personally, I prefer "fooBar". But I try not to use it in python
> code... I try to always use "foo_bar" because that's what PEP 8 says.
> 
> I believe recall the conversation that preceded putting that into
> PEP 8, and the impetus for that particular decision was input from
> non-native English speakers (particularly those not coming from a
> European alphabet) that it was far easier to read with underscore
> separation rather than capWords.

Correct, which is one reason I feel strongly that we should keep the
current recommendation of lower_case_words.

-Barry

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