On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Function names should be lowercase, with words separated by underscores as > necessary to improve readability." -- PEP 8 > > If I'm reading this correctly, then underscores are not required > everywhere. Can some of these be shortened? > > function:: active_count() > method:: Thread.get_name() > method:: Thread.is_alive() > method:: Thread.is_daemon() > method:: Thread.set_daemon(daemonic) > > In some cases, the mental pronounciation changes and affects my perception > of meaning. For example, Thread.setName or Thread.setname both feel like a > setter to me, but Thread.set_name causes a mental pause and a momentary > double-take (is it the name of a set?).
Actually, in this case, I think the Pythonic thing to do would be to use properties. -- Cheers, Benjamin Peterson "There's no place like 127.0.0.1." _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
