[Python-Dev] PEP 292 for Python 2.4

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at iinet.net.au
Thu Jul 15 15:31:05 CEST 2004


François Pinard wrote:

> [Nick Coghlan]
>>I would suggest that bare type names are rarely appropriate for use a
>>variable names, except in toy examples.
> 
> Or small enough functions.  Small functions are not necessarily toys.

Hmm, I hadn't considered that case. I guess I tend not to write too many 
support functions where generic names would be appropriate (most of my 
Python code is very domain specific).

Cheers,
Nick.

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