Re: [Webware-discuss] Avoiding jarring changes to variable names

[<Edm...@ju...>]

Mike wrote:

>>Do you actually need such long names?<<

No, not really. I was just trying to make the problem more obvious...

>>For Python variables/keys that shadow database fields, I use exactly
the same convention.  For other Python variables I've adopted the
webwareStandard.  One advantage of this approach is that it makes
database variables stand out because they're different.<<

I was thinking of this too, but wasn't sure if this mixed naming convention
helped, or whether it made it easier to make mistakes.

>>Using SQL itself is jarring.  But if you're going to use it at all,
it's probably easier to just accept its conventions.  When in Rome, do
as the Romans.<<

Heh, heh... well, SQL isn't Pythonic, but it does do the job...

...Edmund.