On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: >> But I confess that is mostly personal taste, since I find names_like_this >> ugly. Names-like-this look better to me but that wouldn't be workable >> in python. But maybe there is some connector that would be aestetically >> pleasing and not causing other problems. > > Semi-seriously, let me suggest (names like this). It's not valid syntax > now, so it can't break any existing code. It reuses existing > punctuation in a way which is a logical extension of its traditional > meaning, i.e. "group these things together".
I'd really rather not have a drastically different concept of "name" to every other language's definition! Reading over COBOL code is confusing in ways that reading, say, Ruby code isn't; the ? and ! suffixes aren't nearly as confusing as: http://www.math-cs.gordon.edu/courses/cs323/COBOL/cobol.html """ COBOL identifers are 1-30 alphanumeric characters, at least one of which must be non-numeric. In certain contexts it is permissible to use a totally numeric identifier; however, that usage is discouraged. Hyphens may be included in an identifier anywhere except the first of last character. """ Hyphens in names! Ugh! That means subtraction! :) But there is a solution! You can have *anything you want* in your identifiers. Watch: v = {} v["names like this"] = 42 print(v["names like this"]) Yes, that's a five-character delimiter/marker. But it works!! ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
