Re: naming methods in python (std lib)

[Terry Reedy]

On 6/30/2018 7:27 AM, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:

normally, naming methods in python is given by

method_name

but i see some cases where this is not followed in the std lib

ex :  dict.fromkeys

should it not have been

from_keys?

No.  _ is an option, not a requirement and usually not used for short names.


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