Class attributes naming rules

[sobolevn]

I have occasionally found out that it is possible to use any case for naming class attributes:

class Test(object):
    camelCase = 1
    snake_case = 2
    UPPER_CASE = 3

flake8 and pep8-naming won't complain about it.

Since https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008 does not say a word about class attributes naming style, I believe that it might be a hot discussion.

In my opinion class attributes should be using snake_case by default.
What do you think? Thanks!

[lordmauve]

I would read UPPER_CASE as indicating a class-level constant. For example, enum.Enum would typically be defined with upper-case names.

I'd like to see warnings about camelCase class attributes, however.

[sigmavirus24]

I agree with @lordmauve that UPPER_CASE should not be forbidden. camelCase does make sense to warn about though. I'd review a PR that implements that change.

[5j9]

I can't test right now, but I believe I implemented this nearly 4 months ago. (1679354)

[sobolevn]

It is not published yet, I guess.

[sigmavirus24]

Excellent. Let's prepare a release then @5j9

[5j9]

@sigmavirus24, is there anything I can do in preparation for a new release?

[sigmavirus24]

I think this was released in 0.8.0