From: akolarik@... Date: 2002-03-19T00:31:12+09:00 Subject: RE: camelCase and underscore_style This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1CE91.1F8A1F50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I don't know what the ruby convention is but camelCase can get confusing with consecutive upcased letters. Identifiers that contain acronyms (e.g. COMSOAPXMLASPReader) can be painful. It helps to only capitalize the first letter of words, including acronyms. ComSoapXmlAspReader is easier to "unsquish". -- Tony K. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Thomas [mailto:Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com] > ... > I guess this all means that the conventions haven't yet gelled. > > > Dave > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1CE91.1F8A1F50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I don't know what the ruby convention is but =
camelCase can get confusing with consecutive upcased letters. =
Identifiers that contain acronyms (e.g. =
COMSOAPXMLASPReader) can be painful. It helps to only capitalize =
the first letter of words, including acronyms. =
ComSoapXmlAspReader is easier to "unsquish".
-- Tony K.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Thomas [mailto:Dave@PragmaticProgra=
mmer.com]
>
...
> I guess this all means that the conventions =
haven't yet gelled.
>
>
> Dave
>