Re: Module Namespaces

[luigi scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2010, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>> On 18-11-2010 10:19, luigi scarso wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Aditya Mahajan<adityam@umich.edu>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 18 Nov 2010, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> (there is no need to use capitals).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks. Old habits die hard.
>>>
>>> Camel case is not bad at all --- it's a matter of points of view
>>
>> best use lowercase systematically
>>
>> then users can use uppercase or a mix and not clash with built in names
>
> As a module writer, it is not always clear whether you should follow the
> conventions for a user (use upper or mixed case to avoid clash) or a
> developer (use lowercase systematically).
Because really there is no difference between "user" and "developer"
That what I think:
lower case name are for files in base
All others should use a distinct  "namespace" (ie lscarso , amahajan
etc or Filters )


-- 
luigi
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