From: Matt Armstrong <matt@...>
Date: 2002-03-16T01:33:52+09:00
Subject: Re: camelCase and underscore_style

"Morris, Chris" <chris.morris@snelling.com> writes:

> Pete:
>> (umm ... lost the msg, but he said, to him,
> underscore_style_was_easier_to_read)
>
> I agree with Ron on the typing point, and after giving the
> underscore style a try, I think it is easier to read one thing with
> the underscore style, but I find a whole block of code with lots of
> underscored names in it distracting, because my eye is drawn to the
> underscores. Or is a code block with lots of underscored names a
> code smell? :)

I personally find underscore_style easier to read, especially with
tired eyes after coding for too long.

Somebody agrees with me and wrote an Emacs mode that translates
camelCase into underscore_style while you edit.

    http://www.lickey.com/env/elisp/glasses.el

-- 
matt