Naming convention (programming)

In <a href="/facts/Computer_programming/QmSsFnu0">computer programming</a>, a naming convention is a set of rules for choosing the character sequence to be used for <a href="/facts/Identifier_/mBLrnPkj">identifiers</a> which denote <a href="/facts/Variable_(computer_science)/VoCKtwml">variables</a>, <a href="/facts/Data_type/fcx5hgVL">types</a>, <a href="/facts/Subroutine/9vFJrg0A">functions</a>, and other entities in <a href="/facts/Source_code/o9J6Jv23">source code</a> and <a href="/facts/Software_documentation/cSXDUPPg">documentation</a>.
Reasons for using a naming convention (as opposed to allowing <a href="/facts/Programmer/WGTS1Jv9">programmers</a> to choose any character sequence) include the following:

<ul><li>To reduce the effort needed to read and understand <a href="/facts/Source_code/o9J6Jv23">source code</a>;</li>
<li>To enable code reviews to focus on issues more important than <a href="/facts/Syntax_(programming_languages)/zM5oInza">syntax</a> and naming standards.</li>
<li>To enable code quality review tools to focus their reporting mainly on significant issues other than syntax and style preferences.</li></ul>
The choice of naming conventions can be a controversial issue, with partisans of each holding theirs to be the best and others to be inferior. Colloquially, this is said to be a matter of <a href="/facts/Dogma/vl3H3Y6C">dogma</a>. Many companies have also established their own set of conventions.

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