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Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 14:36:52 +0000
Subject: Re: Naming convention for in-house modules (Newbie question)
From: Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com>
To: Laurent Claessens <moky.math@gmail.com>
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On 9 February 2012 14:00, Laurent Claessens <moky.math@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Here is my question: I would like to start an in-house library of small
>> modules to import, for things like error handling/logging. That's easy
>> enough, but is there a recommended way of naming such modules? I am
>> concerned about avoiding name clashes with standard modules and site
>> packages.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> This is not 100% an answer to the question, but you should read that :
> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/

The OP mentions PEP 8 in the bit of his message that you *don't* quote.

-- 
Arnaud