On Oct 22, 2012, at 6:33 PM, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> By the way, in Python the recommended style for variable names (well, > what you'd call a 'variable' in other languages :-)) is lowercase with > underscores, e.g. "byte_stream". We went with the "...mixedCase is allowed only in contexts where that's already the prevailing style (e.g. threading.py), to retain backwards compatibility…" escape clause. :) The group of us here are working in multiple languages, and all use it (mixedCase) across all of them. Because PEP 8 makes it clear up front that "internal consistency is preferred", we felt justified in marching on. -- Travis Griggs "A vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done." -Terry Pratchett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
