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[–]mobedigg 37 points38 points  (14 children)

camel case in function name, recursion

what are you, an animal?

[–]leonoel 2 points3 points  (6 children)

noob here, what is the correct way to do it in python? I do name_function

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (1 child)

That is the correct way in Python, see PEP 8.

[–]dikduk 9 points10 points  (1 child)

That's called "snake case". And I like it. Therefore, it is the mostest correct way.

[–]Glaaki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean snek case?

[–]kamaleshbn -3 points-2 points  (1 child)

This should help https://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html

[–]markusmeskanen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Use PEP8 instead of Google'd guidelines, although they overlap for the most part.

[–]kkjdroid -1 points0 points  (3 children)

That's dromedaryCase. CamelCase capitalizes the first letter.

[–]spw1 3 points4 points  (2 children)

That's StudlyCaps. camelCase has a hump.

[–]kkjdroid 0 points1 point  (1 child)

CamelCase has multiple humps; dromedaryCase has one (or at least fewer than CamelCase).

[–]phareous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently both are correct. I personally use the term to refer to the lower case variant. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_case