[matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Federico Ariza
Hello everybody Stupid simple question Is there a policy/tradition/convention to name unused variables inside the code? Even better, if I see '''var''', can I replace it with '''_var''' and nobody is going to complain? I use eclipse and it complains about that (I like that it warns me). I just

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Developer summit at Scipy?

2014-03-06 Thread Nelle Varoquaux
Hello, I've not been very active in the development of matplotlib these past few months, but I'll answer anyways. I'll be at Scipy this year, but I won't be able to stay after the sprints. I have another conference right after. Cheers, N On 2 March 2014 04:37, Thomas Caswell tcasw...@gmail.com

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Developer summit at Scipy?

2014-03-06 Thread Eric Firing
On 2014/02/27 6:28 AM, Michael Droettboom wrote: How many matplotlib developers are planning to attend SciPy this year? Most likely I will not. Eric If we used some of our funds to support an extra hotel night, would any of you be interested in spending an extra day for a matplotlib

Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Eric Firing
On 2014/03/06 3:47 AM, Federico Ariza wrote: Hello everybody Stupid simple question Is there a policy/tradition/convention to name unused variables inside the code? Not yet. Even better, if I see '''var''', can I replace it with '''_var''' and nobody is going to complain? That might be

Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Skip Montanaro
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Federico Ariza ariza.feder...@gmail.com wrote: Stupid simple question Is there a policy/tradition/convention to name unused variables inside the code? While Eric indicates there is no policy, for the Python parts of your code, I recommend you follow whatever

Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Ryan May
Hi, I don't think a leading _ is the way to go, because that's a common convention for internal class variables--property variables that you don't intend to be part of any supported API. Personally, I've always just called things like this junk or unused, but I know that's not as nice as having a

Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Skip Montanaro
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Ryan May rma...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think a leading _ is the way to go, because that's a common convention for internal class variables--property variables that you don't intend to be part of any supported API. But leading underscores like this are only

Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Nelle Varoquaux
On 6 March 2014 21:47, Skip Montanaro s...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Ryan May rma...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think a leading _ is the way to go, because that's a common convention for internal class variables--property variables that you don't intend to be part of any

Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Federico Ariza
Skip, That's exactly what I was referring to. I check PEP8 and there is no mention of unused variables. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Skip Montanaro s...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Ryan May rma...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think a leading _ is the way to go, because

Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Federico Ariza
Nelle Is that written somewhere? On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Nelle Varoquaux nelle.varoqu...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 March 2014 21:47, Skip Montanaro s...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Ryan May rma...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think a leading _ is the way to go, because

Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Thomas Caswell
I am with Eric, I find the bare `_` to be jarring and in some fonts/color schemes can blend in too much. I advocate for `_name`. Just because the variable isn't used now, does not mean it won't be used later and having sensible variable names on them can't hurt. Tom On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:53

Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Nelle Varoquaux
On 6 March 2014 21:53, Federico Ariza ariza.feder...@gmail.com wrote: Nelle Is that written somewhere? I think the convention originated from google's python style guide. Pylint should warn you if you don't use this convention. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Nelle Varoquaux

Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Skip Montanaro
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Nelle Varoquaux nelle.varoqu...@gmail.com wrote: The convention is to use a simple _. mode, _, dev, nlink, uid, gid, size, _, _, _ = os.stat(/etc/hosts) Which is pylint-compliant, but removes any description to future readers (who might decide to use them) what

Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Nelle Varoquaux
On 6 March 2014 22:03, Skip Montanaro s...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Nelle Varoquaux nelle.varoqu...@gmail.com wrote: The convention is to use a simple _. mode, _, dev, nlink, uid, gid, size, _, _, _ = os.stat(/etc/hosts) Which is pylint-compliant, but removes any

Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Skip Montanaro
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Nelle Varoquaux nelle.varoqu...@gmail.com wrote: If I need to understand what exactly os.stat returns, I just read the documentation, and not rely on some possibly misleading variable names. Despite our wish that it wasn't so, it is likely that there is far more

Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Joe Kington
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Skip Montanaro s...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Nelle Varoquaux nelle.varoqu...@gmail.com wrote: The convention is to use a simple _. mode, _, dev, nlink, uid, gid, size, _, _, _ = os.stat(/etc/hosts) Which is pylint-compliant, but

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Developer summit at Scipy?

2014-03-06 Thread Benjamin Root
I am awaiting approval from my superiors to pay for me to go this year. I plan to split out my Anatomy of Matplotlib tutorial into two levels. If that works out and both tutorials get accepted, then I would imagine that I could spend an extra day. Would this extra day be before or after the week

Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

2014-03-06 Thread Chris Barker
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Skip Montanaro s...@pobox.com wrote: Despite our wish that it wasn't so, it is likely that there is far more undocumented than documented code out in the wild, or behind firewalls where we can't see it. Well, then you're hosed anyway -- relying on the name of

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Developer summit at Scipy?

2014-03-06 Thread Ryan May
I'm hoping to return to more active status with a change in jobs now and finally finishing off the thesis. I should be at SciPy and would very much be interested in sticking around to discuss development. (Though I should probably make sure the job will pay for me to stick around for the