I also have a preference for underscore but can get used to anything. I agree with the points François made above about the recommendation of the style guide and the smaller change to the existing code base.
On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 6:52 PM Francois Saint-Jacques < fsaintjacq...@gmail.com> wrote: > My vote would go with underscore to minimize changes and minimize > exceptions to the google style guide reference. I also suggests that > we add this to the linters somehow, if it's not too much trouble. > > François > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 9:35 PM Sutou Kouhei <k...@clear-code.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I like hyphens. > > > > Because many Linux commands use hyphens than > > underscores. Here are counts on my Debian GNU/Linux machine: > > > > % ls /usr/bin/ | grep -- - | wc -l > > 956 > > % ls /usr/bin/ | grep _ | wc -l > > 343 > > > > > > Thanks, > > -- > > kou > > > > In <20190806140340.2a7ffab2@fsol> > > "[Discuss] C++ filenames: hyphens or underscores?" on Tue, 6 Aug 2019 > 14:03:40 +0200, > > Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > The filenames in the C++ source tree are a bit ad hoc and inconsistent. > > > Sometimes they use hyphens for word separation, sometimes underscores. > > > In ARROW-4648 it was proposed that we unify C++ file naming, therefore > > > there are two possible options: only hyphens, or only underscores. > > > > > > What are your preferences? Personally, I have a slight preference for > > > hyphens, especially as they are already used in binary names. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Antoine. > > > > > > >
