Paul McGuire schrieb: > I'm starting a new thread for this topic, so as not to hijack the one > started by Steve Howell's excellent post titled "ten small Python > programs". > > In that thread, there was a suggestion that these examples should > conform to PEP-8's style recommendations, including use of > lower_case_with_underscores style for function names. I raised some > questions about this suggestion, since I liked the names the way they > were, but as a result, part of the discussion has drifted into a > separate track about PEP-8, and naming styles. > > I was under the impression that lower_case_with_underscores was a > dated recommendation, and that recent practice is more inclusive of > mixedCase style identifiers. On the contrary, Steven Bethard > straightened me out, saying that PEP-8 used to accept either style, > but has been amended to accept only lower_case_with_underscores. > > My latest thought on the topic relates back to the Martin v. Löwis > thread-that-would-not-die requesting feedback about PEP 3131, on > adding support for non-ASCII identifiers in Py3K. I posted an out-of- > curiosity comment asking about how underscore separators mix with > Unicode identifiers, including the mechanics of actually typing an > underscore on a non-US keyboard. At this point, I realized that I was > taking things too far off-topic, so I decided to start a new thread. > > Steve, sorry for taking your thread down a rathole. I hope we can > move any further PEP-8-related discussion (if the point merits any) to > this thread. > > -- Paul > > I prefer mixedCaseStyle, and I think that should be "standard", as this style is commonly used in all "major" languages , for example Java,C++,C#. It shortens the identifiers but leaves the meaning intact.
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