[Python-ideas] PEP: Extended stat_result (First Draft)

[Terry Jan Reedy]

On 5/6/2013 1:33 PM, Pieter Nagel wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-05-06 at 20:55 +0400, Oleg Broytman wrote:
>
>>     Shouldn't it be called filemode()? I see you are fond of underscores
>> but Python style guides discourage using them AFAIK.
>
> Actually, PEP 8 says "Function names should be lowercase, with words
> separated by underscores as necessary to improve readability."

*as necessary* to improve readability

To me, filemode is as readable as blackbird. English is full of compounds.