[Python-Dev] PEP: Consolidating names and classes in the `unittest`module (updated 2008-07-15)

[Janzert]

Raymond Hettinger wrote:
>> ``set_up(…)``
>>  Replaces ``setUp(…)``
> . .
>> ``tear_down(…)``
>>  Replaces ``tearDown(…)``
> 
> Am I the only one who finds this sort of excessive pep-8 underscoring to 
> be horrorific?
> 
> Nobody I know spells setup and teardown as two words. I dread using the 
> module with these new names. Underscores are not fun to type. They 
> create a weird_mental_pause when reading them.
> 

+1

And Merriam-Webster agrees,

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/setup
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teardown

Janzert