CamelCase versus wide_names (Prothon)

Paramjit Oberoi p_s_oberoi at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 26 01:03:41 EDT 2004


>> If the language 'knew' that identifiers potentially consisted of
>> multiple words, maybe it could detect a few different kinds of
>> styles and automatically do the right thing?
> 
> That could be achieved by making it case-insensitive and
> underscore-ignoring.

That would cause aliasing if the two words that form the
identifier also form a third word when put together.
For example:

if sys.platform = 'Windows CE':
	win_ce = True

if feeling_pain:
	wince()



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