[Python-Dev] Changes to PEP 327: Decimal data type (original) (raw)

Shane Hathaway shane at zope.com
Thu Mar 18 11:06:59 EST 2004

Barry Warsaw wrote:

I've gone back and forth on this issue several times, but the rationale that Tim refers to has to do with conversations we've had on various lists, and the decision we made with the email package. At the time, lowercasewithunderscores was preferred by non-native English speakers over mixedCaseWords. It seems that the latter can give non-native English speakers more difficulty.

I can understand that. alllowercaseismuchworsethough. ;-)

Sometimes though, I still like mixedCase. ;)

I do too, since IMHO it's easier to type, but I think it's more important to agree on a standard. (Now, it just occurred to me that if I map shift+space to the underscore character, typing lowercase_with_underscores is easier. You can do this with khotkeys or xmodmap. Now I wonder if I can train myself to use it.)

Shane

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