From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-08-02T23:02:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Style question: when to use underscores

Hi --

On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, francisrammeloo@hotmail.com wrote:

> When should you use underscores to
> separate words in variable names or
> function definitions? Always?

Always or almost 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 ?

Maybe just because of the familiarity of readline from the readline
library.

> Are there any guidelines on this
> subject? How do think they should
> be used?

A good style guide is:

http://pub.cozmixng.org/~the-rwiki/rw-cgi.rb?cmd=view;name=RubyCodingConvention


David

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David A. Black
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