On 8/3/19 1:40 PM, Alex Kleider wrote: > On 2019-08-03 10:16, Mats Wichmann wrote: > >> ..... It also comes up here: >> >>>> file_count >>>> line_count >>>> byte_count >>>> row_count >>>> batch_count >>>> job_count >>>> error_count >>>> warning_count >> >> why not "files", "lines", "bytes"... the plural form already tells you >> it's a counter. > > To me "files", "lines", "bytes" implies collections of files, lines > bytes. (i.e. arrays or tuples...) > "___count" implies an integer. > If the latter, I'd use "n_files", "n_lines" ... (possibly without the > underscores if you find typing them a bother.) > Comments?
I agree, plural nouns imply collections, and collections should generally be plural nouns. file_count is fine to me, or it could be numfiles or nfiles (possibly adding the underscore) -- Richard Damon _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor