Why True/False is capitalized in Python?
PythonCamelcasingPython Problem Overview
All members are camel case, right? Why True/False but not true/false, which is more relaxed?
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Solution 1 - Python
From Pep 285:
> Should the constants be called 'True' > and 'False' (similar to > None) or 'true' and 'false' (as in C++, Java and C99)? > > => True and False. > > Most reviewers agree that consistency within Python is more > important than consistency with other languages.
This, as Andrew points out, is probably because all (most)? built-in constants are capitalized.
Solution 2 - Python
All of python's built-in constants are capitalized or [upper] CamelCase:
Solution 3 - Python
Here's a possible explaination:
> > I see that naming conventions are such that classes usually get named
> > CamelCase. So why are the built-in types named all lowercase (like
> > list, dict, set, bool, etc.)?
>
> Because most of them originally were
> types and factory functions, not
> classes - and a naming convention is
> not a strong reason to make backwards
> incompatible changes. A different
> example: the new builtin type set is
> based on (altough not exactly equal
> to) the Set class from the sets module
Solution 4 - Python
In python only the 3 keywords True ,False and None are started with capital letters. I think This is to differentiate these 3 keywords from others. These 3 keywords can be used as literals or values where as other keywords not. For example
a=True is correct but a=for is wrong