Identifiers

Use of case and underscore

Identifiers used as feature names often consist of several words expressing what the feature does, e.g., a feature to parse an integer would use some combination of parse and integer in its name. The question is how to create such a composed name.

style aspect	lowercase	UPPERCASE	camelCase	PascalCase	snake_case	Snake_Pascal_Case	SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE	kebab-case
examples	parseinteger	PARSEINTEGER	parseInteger	ParseInteger	parse_integer	Parse_Integer	PARSE_INTEGER	parse-integer
	asstring	ASSTRING	asString	AsString	as_string	As_String	AS_STRING	as-string
	dataoutputstream	DATAOUTPUTSTREAM	dataOutputStream	DataOutputStream	data_output_stream	Data_Output_Stream	DATA_OUTPUT_STREAM	data-output-stream
	searchablelist	SEARCHABLELIST	searchableList	SearchableList	searchable_list	Searchable_List	SEARCHABLE_LIST	searchable-list
Short	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No
Easy to type	✅ Yes	✅ Yes (w/ caps lock)	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅/❌ Yes/No name is easy `_` is harder (US/DE: ⇧+'-')	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes
Easy to read	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅✅ Yes	✅✅ Yes	❌ No	✅✅ Yes
Words separated	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅✅ clearly	✅✅ clearly	✅✅ clearly	✅✅ clearly
Quiet	✅ Yes	❌ No	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	❌ No	✅ Yes
Used in	-	-	Java, Pascal	Java, Pascal	C++, C, Eiffel, Python	Ada	Java	-
Suggestion for Fuzion	❌	✅ type parameters	❌	❌	✅ features and value types	✅ `ref` types and their constructor features	❌	❌

last changed: 2024-06-28

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