[Python-ideas] Module name [was Re: Pre-PEP: adding a statistics module to Python]

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le Tue, 06 Aug 2013 17:12:33 +0200,
"M.-A. Lemburg" <mal at egenix.com> a écrit :

> On 06.08.2013 16:23, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> > Le Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:19:18 +0200,
> > "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal at egenix.com> a écrit :
> > 
> >> On 06.08.2013 15:55, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> >>> Le Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:46:00 +0200,
> >>> "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal at egenix.com> a écrit :
> >>>>
> >>>> Python has grown a lot since the days most of the stdlib
> >>>> modules/packages were added, so we have to pay more attention
> >>>> to name clashes.
> >>>
> >>> Of course we can pay attention to name clashes. This is done
> >>> through checking at PyPI, though, not by speculating that someone
> >>> may think "finance" when they encounter the word "futures".
> >>
> >> True.
> >>
> >> Apart from avoiding name clashes, I think adding a bit of extra
> >> context by means of placing the module into package also helps
> >> people trying to determine the meaning of the module.
> > 
> > Well, "statistics" sounds clear enough to me :-)
> > (like "logging" or "unittest")
> 
> Sure. I was thinking of the more exotic "futures" or often used
> terms such as "request" that can benefit from added context.

In that case, compound / abbreviated names can also be used ("urllib",
"httpreq"...). They also avoid the collision threat nicely.

Regards

Antoine.