On 07/22/2019 08:12 PM, DL Neil wrote:
On 22/07/19 9:40 PM, Thomas Jollans wrote:
Just FYI, in the scientific Python community certain short abbreviations are the norm. Many modules have a ‘standard’ abbreviation that most people use, minimizing confusion. import numpy as np import matplotlib as mpl from matplotlib import pyplot as plt import pandas as pd import xarray as xr
The use of meaningful names is a minimum professional standard (IMHO), and in my experience, a virtue that pays for itself. I am ever-so grateful that most modern text-editors will guess/read-my-mind and save the typing!
It's not just typing, but reading. Long names, when used over and over, become noise. -- ~Ethan~ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
