From: Daniel Tse <daniel@...>
Date: 2005-08-02T16:57:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Style question: when to use underscores

Sometimes tradition (read: C function names) overrides any other 
concerns, but the libraries are usually named such that words are 
separated by underscores.
Variable names seem to be a matter of choice but I use the same 
convention. Class names, I believe, mandatorily begin with a capital in 
Ruby.

jogloran

francisrammeloo@hotmail.com wrote:

>When should you use underscores to
>separate words in variable names or
>function definitions? Always?
>
>I tend to use them always for
>function definitions like:
>
>calculate_sum
>extract_lines
>....
>
>But the Ruby built in classes
>do not always use them.
>For example: IO#readlines
>Why not: IO#read_lines ?
>
>Are there any guidelines on this
>subject? How do think they should
>be used?
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