Python Programming/Naming conventions
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There are various naming conventions used in Python programs.
PEP 0008 specifies naming conventions for class names (e.g. GenericTree), package and module names (e.g. generictree and generic_tree), function and variable names (storestate or store_state; mixedCase is dispreferred), and more. Google Python Style Guide follows similar naming conventions.
The above stands in contrast to Java naming convention (e.g. storeState for method names) and C# naming convention (e.g. StoreState for method names).
In Python 2, the standard library contains multiple deviations from PEP 0008. For instance, Tkinter module is spelled as Tkinter with capital T; this was renamed to tkinter in Python 3.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Naming Conventions in PEP 0008: Style Guide for Python Code, python.org
- Naming in Google Python Style Guide, google.github.io
- pycodestyle - Python style guide checker, pypi.python.org
- Modules to Rename in PEP 3108, python.org
- W:Naming convention (programming)