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Subject: Re: strings or enums?
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Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> writes:

> On 02/08/2023 22:54, David Brown wrote:
>
>> On 02/08/2023 18:30, Malcolm McLean wrote:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, 2 August 2023 at 17:28:39 UTC+1, David Brown wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 02/08/2023 18:00, Malcolm McLean wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If whitespace is disallowed, humans prefer names which are
>>>>> simply concatenated.
>>>>
>>>> You do not speak for humanity.
>>>
>>> Experiments have been done.  I can't remember the references off
>>> the top of my head.
>>
>> I don't believe you.  (I'm not saying you are lying, merely
>> mistaken or misremembering.)  [...]
>
> It's certainly not my experience, and I've never seen a coding
> standard that suggests it.
>
> Compare
>
> loadasutf8wthknownformat
>
> with
> LoadAsUtf8WithKnownFormat (or loadAsUtf8WithKnownFormat)
>
> or
> load_as_utf8_with_known_format
>
> And also think would you spot loadasutf8wthunknownformat?

The idea that the just-concatenate style is widely preferred or
easier to read is completely deranged.  And, I am confident, easy
to debunk through objective experimentation.