On Feb 2, 2:49 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmic...@sequans.com> wrote: > Carl Banks wrote: > > Name your modules "send_email.py" or "sort_email.py" or if it's a > > library module of related functions, "email_handling.py". Modules and > > scripts do things (usually), they should be given action words as > > names. > > > (**) Questionable though it be, if the Standard Library wants to use > > an "innocuous" name, It can. > > That does not solve anything,
Of course it does, it solves the problem of having poorly-named modules. It also helps reduce possibility of name clashes. > if the smtplib follows your advice, then > you'll be shadowing its send_email module. > The only way to avoid collision would be to name your module > __PDSFLSDF_send_email__13221sdfsdf__.py I know, and as we all know accidental name clashes are the end of the world and Mother Python should protect us feeble victims from any remote possibility of ever having a name clash. Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
