Thanks for the replies, very instructive!
On 9/7/07, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carl Banks wrote: > > On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:30:00 -0500, Sergio Correia wrote: > >> Hi, I'm kinda new to Python (that means, I'm a total noob here), but > >> have one doubt which is more about consistency that anything else. > >> > >> Why if PEP 8 says that "Almost without exception, class names use the > >> CapWords convention", does the most basic class, object, is lowercase? > > > > It said "almost". :) > > > Indeed it did, and never forget that most of PEP 8 was derived from an > essay by Guido whose original title was "A Foolish Consistency is the > Hobgoblin of Little Minds" ... > > > >> I found a thread about this: > >> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2007-April/437365.html > >> where its stated that -object- is actually a type, not a class; but the > >> idea still doesn't convince me. > > > You don't have to be convinced. You just have to do what the PEP says > yourself and ignore the people who *haven't* done what it says > (particularly if they are core Python developers). > > > There's a false dichotomy there: it's not an either-or situation. Almost > > everyone would agree that new-style classes, defined by the Python class > > statement, are both classes and types. Some might squabble over whether > > object is class, but it has nothing to do with why object is spelled in > > lower-case. > > > > The reason why "object" is lower case is because built-in types are > > spelled in lower-case. Why are built-in types lower case? Because many > > built-in types were originially functions. For example, "int" and "str" > > were once functions. When these symbols became the names of their > > respective types, they kept the lower-case spelling, and it became > > convention for built-in types to be spelled lower-case. > > > In other words: "Get over it" ;-) > > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 > Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com > Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden > --------------- Asciimercial ------------------ > Get on the web: Blog, lens and tag the Internet > Many services currently offer free registration > ----------- Thank You for Reading ------------- > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
