On 27 September 2012 18:20, Prasad, Ramit <ramit.pra...@jpmorgan.com> wrote:
> Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 11:53 AM > > To: python-list@python.org > > Subject: Re: Capitalization for variable that holds a class > > > > On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:48:38 +0100, Joshua Landau > > <joshua.landau...@gmail.com> declaimed the following in > > gmane.comp.python.general: > > > > > Simple question: > > > > > > [myClass() for myClass in myClasses] > > > vs > > > [MyClass() for MyClass in myClasses] > > > > > > > The recommended naming scheme for Python is that class DEFINITIONS > > begin capitalized. Instances, methods/attributes, functions begin > > lowercase. > > > > I abstain from the argument about camel-case vs _ (Ada "pretty > > printers" automatically capitalize at _, so _ is common in Ada) > > > > class MyClass(object): > > def myMethod(self): > > Are you (the OP) using Python 2 or 3? In python 2 list > comprehensions leak; if you use MyClass as the list > comprehension variable name it will overwrite the > MyClass class definition (if it exists). > > >>> class MyClass(object): > ... pass > ... > >>> print MyClass > <class '__pieshell__.MyClass'> > >>> _ = [ MyClass for MyClass in xrange( 5 ) ] > >>> print MyClass > 4 > Don't worry, not only am I using Python 3 but I would be certain to use GenericUnusedClassName anyway ;)
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