+1 I fully agree on following the Python (standard) naming convention (PEP8 compliance). This will make the PyTables API even more "pythonic" and, therefore, more intuitive (if that is possible).
Thanks! -fernando On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Anthony Scopatz <scop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear PyTables Community, > > The next version of PyTables that will be released will be v3.0 and will be > Python 3 compliant. I thought that this would be an excellent (if not the > only) chance to bring the PyTables API into full PEP8 compliance [1]. This > would mean changing function and attribute names like: > > tb.openFile() -> tb.open_file() > > > For the next couple of releases BOTH the new and old API would be available > to facilitate this transition (ie tb.openFile() and tb.open_file() would > both work). To ease migration, we would also provide a 2to3-like utility > for you to use on your code base that would update the API for you > automatically. At some fixed point in the future (v3.2?), the old API would > go away, but you would have had ample time to run this script. The > developers either feel positively or neutral to these changes. > > The question for you the user is then, would this be something that you > would like to see? How valuable would you find this change? Is bundling > this with the Python 3 change too much overhead? > > Please respond with a +1, +0, -0, or -1 and any comments you might have. I > look forward to hearing from you! > > Be Well > Anthony > > 1. http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Pytables-users mailing list > Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users > -- Fernando Paolo Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego http://fspaolo.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Pytables-users mailing list Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users
