On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 22:29 -0600, Ka-Ping Yee wrote: > In a fair number of cases, Python doesn't follow its own recommended > naming conventions. Changing these things would break backward > compatibility, so they are out of the question for Python 2.*, but > it would be nice to keep these in mind for Python 3K. > > Constants in all caps: > NONE, TRUE, FALSE, ELLIPSIS Just from a practical standpoint, I'm -1 on this. These names (at least the first three) are typed /so/ often in Python programs, just think of the finger pain caused by excessive use of the shift key. Now, I personally swap capslock and control so it would be a PITA <wink> for me, but doable. But I know a lot of people who disable capslock altogether so they'd be performing all kinds of pinkie stretching gymnastics all the time. -Barry -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 307 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/attachments/20051230/62054004/attachment.pgp
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