On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Brett Ritter <swift...@swiftone.org> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote: >> Why avoidCamelCase? I actually prefer it to using_non_camel_case > > The readability is an often argued topic - I myself find the space of > names_in_underscores to be more readable (words are distinct), but I > try to follow the common conventions of the languages I'm using, and > Python appears to use camelCase more than not. >
according to PEP 8, python doesn't use camelCase (mixedCase, as they call it) at all. Or shouldn't, in any case. No pun intended. For classnames you should use CapWords. The only difference with camelCase is the initial character. variable and function names should use lower_case_with_underscores. Hugo _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
