Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: > On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:00:02 +0200, Stefan Arentz wrote: > >> What I find really frustrating in Python (combined with usually bad >> documentation) is that many people have different styles. The most >> frustratinng being getFoo() vs .foo, vs get_foo(). > > `getFoo()` is discouraged by PEP 8. You don't have the choice between > `.foo` and `.get_foo()` in Java because Java has no properties and people > are trained to write getters and setters for everything. I like that > choice in Python because I can write shorter code that is not cluttered > with very simple getters and setters. > > Ciao, > Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch Perhaps PEP 8 needs rethinking. I prefer getFoo(). Similarly, I feel that the standard indent of 4 increases the likelihood of running off the end of a line. An indent of 1 isn't quite clear visually, but 2 is.
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