[Python-Dev] PEP 372 -- Adding an ordered directory to collections ready for pronouncement

[Raymond Hettinger]

> Unfortunately PEP 8 never really took off naming-wise, so we're mostly following
> the "reuse the naming scheme from existing code in the same module" rule, and I
> think there lowercase wins, thanks to defaultdict.

Traditionally, the all lowercase name referred to a C type.  The other classes in
collections are named Counter, UserDict, UserList, UserString, MutableMapping, etc.
Besides, the lowercase/uppercase distinction helps us distinguish functions from classes.
This is the way I've see every Python book do it since the dawn of time.


Raymond