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Expand Up @@ -325,9 +325,9 @@ Failing that, just pick one, document it and stick to it.

Some things to be wary of when naming things in the code:

- Avoid any names that could cause confusion (e.g. lower case `l` is
hard to distinguish from a `1` (one), 'O' (uppercase o) from a '0' (zero),
'I' (uppercase i) from 'l' (lowercase L)).
- Avoid any names that could cause confusion (e.g. `l` (lower case L) is
hard to distinguish from a `1` (one), `O` (uppercase o) from a `0` (zero),
`I` (uppercase i) from `l` (lowercase L)).
- Avoid using non-ASCII (e.g. Unicode) characters for identifiers as these
can trip up software that does not support Unicode.
- If your audience is international and English is the common language,
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