Re: [matplotlib-devel] unused variables

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 2014/03/06 3:47 AM, Federico Ariza wrote:
> Hello everybody
>
> Stupid simple question
> Is there a policy/tradition/convention to name unused variables inside the code?

Not yet.

>
> Even better, if I see '''var''', can I replace it with '''_var''' and
> nobody is going to complain?

That might be a good convention.  I don't particularly like a bare "_" 
because it is uninformative and visually a bit jarring.  Even if a 
variable is unused, it is nice to have a slight hint in its name as to 
what it is.

Eric

>
> I use eclipse and it complains about that (I like that it warns me). I
> just wanted to know if I should just disable the warning when working
> on matplotlib.
>
> Federico
>