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Glossary: Refactoring and Clean Code

Naming habits

Also written: naming conventions, UPPER_CASE constants

Common conventions readers rely on: nouns for values, verbs for functions, `is_`/`has_` questions for true/false values, plurals for collections, UPPER_CASE for constants and units in names. Python doesn't enforce them.

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Related terms

Intention-revealing name