[Python-3000] Will standard library modules comply with PEP 8?

[Blake Winton]

Raymond Hettinger wrote:
>> On Aug 27, 2007, at 6:16 PM, john.m.camara at comcast.net wrote:
>>> I would like to see PEP 8 remove the "as necessary to improve
>>> readability" in the function and method naming conventions.  That
>>> way methods like StringIO.getvalue() can be renamed to
>>> StringIO.get_value().
> 
> Gratuitous breakage -- for nothing.  This is idiotic, pedantic,
 > and counterproductive.  (No offense intended, I'm talking about
 > the suggestion, not the suggestor).
> 
> Ask ten of your programmer friends to write down "result equals
 > object dot get value" and see if more than one in ten uses an
> underscore (no stacking the deck with Cobol programmers).

Sure, but given the rise of Java, how many of them will spell it with a 
capital 'V'?   ;)

On the one hand, I really like consistency in my programming languages.
On the other hand, a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Later,
Blake.