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Meaning of snake case | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The practice of writing identifiers using underscores to separate words.

uncountable

Examples

“Some evidence shows that coders are better able to read code (their code and code written by others) when using snake_case, not camelCase naming.”
“While both camelCase and snake_case are perfectly valid syntax in Java, the development community functions better when everyone adopts the same style convention.”
“We were incorporating third-party Python libraries for some of our projects, leading to a mix within our codebase of our own CamelCase format with the externally preferred snake_case style.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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