Naming Conventions, Where's the Convention Waldo?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:26:36 -0700, rantingrick wrote:

> Another source of asininity seems to be the naming conventions of the
> Python language proper! True/False start with an upper case and i
> applaud this. However str, list, tuple, int, float --need i go on...?--
> start with lowercase.
> 
> Q: Well what the hell is your problem Rick. Who cares right?
> 
> WRONG, I tell you what my problem is. Now i cannot "wisely" use
> variables like...
> 
> str="this is a string"
> list = [1,2,3]
> def make_random_objs(range=10)
> def show_message(str)
> int = 12


Yes. So what? You can't wisely use variables like:

True = "rantingrick is an obnoxious loudmouth"
None = "the problem he is describing"

Nor can you wisely use variables like:

len = len("something")
chr = chr(48)


[...]
> Just thoughts.

But not deep thoughts.



-- 
Steven