On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 6:38:14 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Roy Smith wrote: > >> But I confess that is mostly personal taste, since I find names_like_this > >> ugly. Names-like-this look better to me but that wouldn't be workable > >> in python. But maybe there is some connector that would be aestetically > >> pleasing and not causing other problems. > > Semi-seriously, let me suggest (names like this). It's not valid syntax > > now, so it can't break any existing code. It reuses existing > > punctuation in a way which is a logical extension of its traditional > > meaning, i.e. "group these things together".
> I'd really rather not have a drastically different concept of "name" > to every other language's definition! Reading over COBOL code is > confusing in ways that reading, say, Ruby code isn't; the ? and ! > suffixes aren't nearly as confusing as: > http://www.math-cs.gordon.edu/courses/cs323/COBOL/cobol.html > """ > COBOL identifers are 1-30 alphanumeric characters, at least one of > which must be non-numeric. > In certain contexts it is permissible to use a totally numeric > identifier; however, that usage > is discouraged. Hyphens may be included in an identifier anywhere > except the first of last > character. > """ > Hyphens in names! Ugh! That means subtraction! :) Just temporarily switch to a domain other than programming -- one that has not been under the absolute hegemony of ASCII for 40 years and you may get different results -- See 1st item from here: http://searchengineland.com/9-seo-quirks-you-should-be-aware-of-146465 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
