[Python-Dev] PEP 8 and optional underscores

Thu Jun 12 15:04:14 CEST 2008

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On Jun 12, 2008, at 8:29 AM, Facundo Batista wrote:
> 2008年6月12日 Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org>:
>>>> function:: active_count()
>>> method:: Thread.get_name()
>>> method:: Thread.is_alive()
>>> method:: Thread.is_daemon()
>>> method:: Thread.set_daemon(daemonic)
>>>> +1 on opting for properties in the specific cases here where it 
>> makes sense.
>> I'm +1 too... but which is the normal procedure here?
>> Should it be...
>> 2.n : .is_alive()
> 2.n+1 : .is_alive() (deprecated), .alive (recommended)
> 2.n+2 : .alive

Personally, I'd go with a property .is_alive
- -Barry
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