Coding standard: Prefixing variables to indicate datatype

[Manuel M. Garcia]

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:04:55 +0100, "Thomas Weholt" <2002 at weholt.org>
wrote:

>In my day-job I use Delphi/Object Pascal. My firm has a coding-standard
>where we prefix all variables with a single character to indicate datatype;
>strings are prefixed with s, integers with i, floats with f etc. etc.
>
>Are there any standards like this for Python? Or hints, tips, opinions
>related to this topic? I do believe it could make source more understandable
>and easier to debug/maintain when used in larger projects.
>
>All thoughts appreciated.
>
>Best regards,
>Thomas
>

Read Guido's Pep#8, Style Guide for Python Code

http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0008.html

I agree with the other posters, Hungarian notation is much less useful
in Python than in other languages.  If the code is strongly object
oriented, it may also be redundant.

Manuel