[Python-Dev] Naming conventions in Py3K

[Reinhold Birkenfeld]

Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
> In a fair number of cases, Python doesn't follow its own recommended
> naming conventions.  Changing these things would break backward
> compatibility, so they are out of the question for Python 2.*, but
> it would be nice to keep these in mind for Python 3K.
> 
>     Constants in all caps:
>         NONE, TRUE, FALSE, ELLIPSIS

That's ugly. I bet with this change you will find modules out there
which do

True = TRUE

at the start.

In fact, I like it that the basic Python functions and most of the types
are all-lowercase. It find the code to be better readable.

Reinhold

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