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On Jun 11, 2008, at 2:03 PM, Raymond Hettinger 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)
+1 on opting for properties in the specific cases here where it makes
sense.
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?).
A few months ago, I think there was a PEP 8 discussion rejecting
suggestions to make underscores required everywhere (leading to
getattr-->get_attr, iteritems-->iter_items, staticmethod-
>static_method, setdefault->set_default, popitem->pop_item,
splitlines->split_lines etc.)
Perhaps underscores should only be used when the contracted form
lacks clarity.
There are some builtins that I wish had used underscores to make them
easier to read. isinstance() and issubclass() come to mind.
OTOH, getattr and iteritems are already contractions, so leaving them
underscoreless doesn't bother me too much. For the others you
mention, well I'll invoke ZoP 12 and 13.
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
- -Barry
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