Python Programming/Naming conventions

There are various naming conventions used in Python programs.

PEP 0008 specifies naming conventions for class names (e.g. GenericTree), package and module names (e.g. generictree and generic_tree), function and variable names (storestate or store_state; mixedCase is dispreferred), and more. Google Python Style Guide follows similar naming conventions.

The above stands in contrast to Java naming convention (e.g. storeState for method names) and C# naming convention (e.g. StoreState for method names).

In Python 2, the standard library contains multiple deviations from PEP 0008. For instance, Tkinter module is spelled as Tkinter with capital T; this was renamed to tkinter in Python 3.

External links

• Naming Conventions in PEP 0008: Style Guide for Python Code, python.org
• Naming in Google Python Style Guide, google.github.io
• pycodestyle - Python style guide checker, pypi.python.org
• Modules to Rename in PEP 3108, python.org
• W:Naming convention (programming)