poll: does name conventions in python matters?

David Fraser davidf at sjsoft.com
Tue Apr 19 16:33:56 EDT 2005


vegetax wrote:
> in python it is common to see naming
> inconsistencies ,methods,modules,packages,classes with names in every
> posible style:
> thisisalongmethod
> ThisIsALongMethod
> thisIsALongMethod
> this_is_a_long_method
> and even This_Is_A_Long_Method
> All over the place,even within one module!
> 
> classic static languages dont really need naming conventions, on the other
> side dynamic languages must have it(in my opinion),since there is a lot of
> syntax variability and very short constructors, a clear example is what
> does this means?
> c = Required(2)
> is it a method which returns an object or is it a class constructor?
> this kind of situation greatly decrease readability.
> 
> whats your opinion on the matter?

If you really worry about it, why don't you capitalise your English? :-)

David



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