[Tutor] Naming conventions (was: Should this be alist comprehension or something?

Jacob S. keridee at jayco.net
Sun Jan 30 00:05:38 CET 2005


I just read your post a heck of alot easier than I read Liam's. ;-)
Jacob Schmidt

> iguessthereisnooptionleftexcepttorunwordstogetherwithoutanykindofbreakatall
>
> thatshouldannoyeveryoneequally
>
> Kent
>
> Liam Clarke wrote:
>> Just please_don't_use_underscores. They_make_my_eyes_go_funny_, 
>> _and_code_hard_to_read_in_my_opinion.
>>
>> _u_n_d_e_r_s_c_o_r_e_s_ _a_r_e__u_g_l_y_....
>>
>> I got out of the habit of using them really fast.
>> Also, __ & _ tend to have special meaning in Python (which is bad
>> enough as it is), so I don't use them for that reason as well.
>>
>>
>> Liam Clarke
>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 22:54:08 -0500, Jacob S. <keridee at jayco.net> wrote:
>>
>>>You're my best friend. Everyone else looves camelCase, and I hate it too. 
>>>It
>>>doesn't make sense. It doesn't fit English.
>>>It doesn't fit Spanish. It doesn't fit any other language AFAIK, so why
>>>should a human (who uses spoken language) to computer interpreter use a
>>>naming convention that doesn't match spoken language? That's my opinion.
>>>
>>>Jacob Schmidt
>
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