On 25/05/2021 00:41, Jon Ribbens via Python-list wrote: > What would you call the argument to a function that > returns, say, an upper-cased version of its input?
Probably 'candidate' or 'original' or 'initial' or somesuch. Or even just 's'. Single character names are OK when there is no significant meaning to convey! But never a type name since the type could change or be extended (like bytes or even a user defined string subclass.) The exception being where it's a teaching exercise where the type is important, but even there I'd precede it with an article: aString, the_string or similar. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
