How do you code in Python ???

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 07:07:54PM -0400, Peter Hansen wrote:
> Byron Hammond wrote:
> > 
> > > Another one is which are "standard" coding [styles] in Python ?
> > 
> > I'm sure that including type information in the name of a variable could
> > be a good idea if it was important to know the type. eg:
> > nItemsSoFar = number of items so far (integer)
> > sID = identification (string)
> > cCar_Fast = instance of the car class. This is a fast one
> 
> Nooooo!!  Not Hungarian notation!  :-)
> 
> (Code with the above style is generally less readable than code
> without.  This is probably a religious matter, but I believe few
> coding standards would recommend the above naming conventions.)

   No, it is not a religion issue. There are pure technical objection. For
example, if you have an integer variable, and call it nItems, and later you
change the var to be a list, will you change its name in all source files?
It is tiresome. But if you will not change its name, you'll have even worse
situation - name that shows wron type.
   Hungarian notation is bad.

   (Another sign of it is that M$ uses it :)

Oleg.
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