[Python-ideas] AMEND PEP-8 TO DISCOURAGE ALL CAPS

Abe Dillon abedillon at gmail.com
Wed Jan 30 21:03:40 EST 2019


[Christopher Barker]

> It’s a style *guide* folks — let it go!


While I don't harbor any delusions that this is going anywhere (given the
feedback so far), that's a double edged sword. It's also an extremely
benign request, why fight so hard?

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 8:00 PM Christopher Barker <pythonchb at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 5:54 PM Jamesie Pic <jpic at yourlabs.org> wrote:
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>> What do you think about the cost of typing caps ? Surely, shift
>> aggravates repeated strain injury.
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> We spend more time reading code than typing it— even more so with code
> completion.
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> It’s a style *guide* folks — let it go!
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> - CHB
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