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[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

One advantage of snake case is never having to remember which letters of every acronym or compound word each author decided to capitalize.

[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I just like to treat acronyms/initialisms as normal words. sendHttpRequest, etc.

[–] Mesa@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

This is the way.

[–] Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You already don't have to do that. That's what IDE's have autocomplete for.

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 8 months ago

That viewpoint makes bold assumptions about language, toolset, and preference.

It also suggests sweeping the dirt under the rug instead of not having it on the floor in the first place.