Style question: when to use underscores

Hi --

When should you use underscores to
separate words in variable names or
function definitions? Always?

Always or almost always.

I tend to use them always for
function definitions like:

calculate_sum
extract_lines
....

But the Ruby built in classes
do not always use them.
For example: IO#readlines
Why not: IO#read_lines ?

Maybe just because of the familiarity of readline from the readline
library.

Are there any guidelines on this
subject? How do think they should
be used?

A good style guide is:

http://pub.cozmixng.org/~the-rwiki/rw-cgi.rb?cmd=view;name=RubyCodingConvention

David

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On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, francisrammeloo@hotmail.com wrote:

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David A. Black
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