Underscores commonly require two keypresses while hyphen / dash requires just one, and the visual separation effect of both is basically the same.
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> --- a/CODING_STYLE 2017-08-09 14:07:41.565057836 +0200 +++ b/CODING_STYLE 2018-06-07 15:52:55.136611092 +0200 @@ -106,6 +106,15 @@ separate lines and each line should begi * Note beginning and end markers on separate lines and leading '*'. */ +Choice of names +--------------- + +While for identifiers underscores are unavoidable when a visual +separator beween name components is wanted, in other cases, where a +wider set of non-alphanumeric characters can be chosen from, the use +of underscores is discouraged. For example, for file names and +command line options a hyphen / dash is commonly easier to type. + Emacs local variables --------------------- _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel
