Alex Martelli wrote: > On 12/12/05, Phillip J. Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > >>I'd rather see 'metaclass' fully spelled out than resort to 'mcl'; >>metaclass code is tricky enough to write without figuring out >>abbreviations. :) >> >>Indeed, the only reason I use 'cls' is because it was Pronounced the >>standard; before the pronouncement I was using 'klass' as the argument name >>for class methods. > > > The name choices klass and meta are internally consistent, and so are > cls and mcl. I just wouldn't like a mixed, and thus > harder-to-remember, pair of choices such as cls and meta. Perhaps > Guido can Pronounce one way or another and set the subdiscussion to > rest...
I personally happily use "meta", but it doesn't seem that important, except insofar as it is reasonable (and perhaps preferred) not to use "cls" in that case. If someone wants to use even more verbose names in their metaclass that'd be fine by me -- it's not the kind of code I breeze by and expect to instantly understand like I do simple methods. I don't think it's that important to include in PEP 8, at least as long as no one reads the prescription of "cls" to mean they shouldn't choose a better argument name when there's a good reason. PEP 8 generally applies when there isn't a good reason. -- Ian Bicking / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://blog.ianbicking.org _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
