From: "Brian Schröder" <ruby.brian@...>
Date: 2005-08-02T22:27:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Style question: when to use underscores

On 02/08/05, EdUarDo <eduardo.yanezNOSPAM@nospamgmail.com> wrote:
> francisrammeloo@hotmail.com wrote:
> > When should you use underscores to
> > separate words in variable names or
> > function definitions? Always?
> 
> Never, I use capital letters to separate words.
> 
> 
> > calculate_sum
> > extract_lines
> 
> calculateSum
> extractLines
> 
> 

Convention is, that ClassNames are written in CamelCase while
variable_names and function_names are written in snake_case. Obviously
that is not mandatory, but its good to follow conventions like this,
to make the source easier understandable by fellow programmers.

I personally dislake snakeCamels because they are neither here nor there.

regards,

Brian

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