[Python-checkins] r68849 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

[benjamin.peterson]

Author: benjamin.peterson
Date: Thu Jan 22 04:33:57 2009
New Revision: 68849

Log:
add a note about constant conventions

Modified:
   peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

Modified: peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt
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--- peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt	(original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt	Thu Jan 22 04:33:57 2009
@@ -563,6 +563,12 @@
 
       Note: there is some controversy about the use of __names (see below).
 
+    Constants
+
+       Constants are usually declared on a module level and written in all
+       capital letter with underscores separating words.  Examples include
+       MAX_OVERFLOW and TOTAL.
+
     Designing for inheritance
 
       Always decide whether a class's methods and instance variables