why no camelCase in PEP 8?
Peter J. Holzer
hjp-python at hjp.at
Thu May 28 16:09:23 EDT 2020
On 2020-05-19 09:53:01 +0100, Rhodri James wrote:
> On 18/05/2020 22:07, Eli the Bearded wrote:
> > camelCase -> noCamelCase
> > snake_case -> no_snake_case
> >
> > One of those is easier to "grep" for than the other.
>
> Eh. A changed case in the one, an extra character in the other; that's
> pretty much the same difficulty really. I certainly don't find it "hard" to
> grep for _snake_case.
I think you misunderstood his argument. He is saying that by searching
for /snake_case/ you will find both "snake_case" and "no_snake_case".
But /camelCase/ won't match "noCamelCase" - you have to search for
/[cC]amelCase/ instead.
I'm not sure if I'm convinced by that. I prefer snake_case simply for
aesthetic reasons. My native language is German, so I should be used to
gratuitous capitalisation from early childhood - but I still find
camelCase ugly.
hp
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