[PD-dev] under_scores versus studlyCaps in object names

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, carmen wrote:
> On Sat Mar 25, 2006 at 09:45:52PM -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> > I just was thinking: C++, Java, SuperCollider, Python, SmallTalk,  
> > processing, etc. all use studlyCaps as the standard for object and  
> > method names rather than the GNU C under_score_object_names or the  
> > Max/Pd-style runeverythingtogether (natural for German and Thai  
> > speakers, but not most languages AFAIK).
> i think its called camelCase in some circles. no idea why, as i can't read Arabic..

Ruby uses underscores in methodnames and CamelCase in classnames.

Most LISPs and Schemes use dashes.

Most of the C/POSIX API does alltogetherwordsclumping, often without 
vowels.

> pd symbols can have spaces, so do we even need underscores? i find eather solution incongruous and not idiomatic with pd

If we switch to unicode then we can use *smileys* instead of spaces or 
underscores. That'll make all Pd users much happier.

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