Coding standard: Prefixing variables to indicate datatype

[Michael Hudson]

"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> writes:

> > I guess I've never asked, and this does really cut to the heart of
> it.
> > I understand that Python has been OO since the very beginning, so
> how
> > ever did it wind up with so many of the string-the-class's methods
> (and
> > a constructor or two) hidden in a module, anyway?
> 
> Until 2.2, most immutables (numbers, strings, tuples, in particular)
> did not have methods.  TJR

strings got methods in 1.6.

pedantically-y'rs,
M.

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