[Python-Dev] Naming conventions in Py3K

[Ka-Ping Yee]

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005, Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote:
> Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
> >     Constants in all caps:
> >         NONE, TRUE, FALSE, ELLIPSIS
>
> That's ugly.

I know it looks ugly to you now.  But there's a good reason why we use
capitalization for class names -- anyone reading code who comes across
a CapitalizedName can be reasonably certain that it refers to a class.
It's a helpful way to express the intended usage.  And, like it or not,
None, True, False, and Ellipsis aren't classes.

> In fact, I like it that the basic Python functions

I didn't say anything about renaming functions.  Functions in lowercase
are one of the naming conventions that Python does follow consistently.

> and most of the types are all-lowercase.

That's just not true, though.  (Or at least it depends on what you mean
by "most" and by "types".)  The types in the built-in module are in
lowercase, and the vast majority of the other types aren't.


-- ?!ng