All technical reasons that prevented us from studlyCaps are solved

and all current extensions as well as the whole PEAR framework follow
this rule. So for consistency i readd it.
# Also we had the discussion onece and decided for this.
# Lookup the archieves

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/CODING_STANDARDS b/CODING_STANDARDS
index 9feb43b851..bf9854b7cd 100644
--- a/CODING_STANDARDS
+++ b/CODING_STANDARDS
@@ -133,7 +133,22 @@ Naming Conventions
 [5] Variable names should be in lowercase.  Use underscores to separate
     between words.
 
-[6] Classes should be given descriptive names. Avoid using abbreviations
+[6] Method names follow the 'studlyCaps' (also referred to as 'bumpy case'
+    or 'camel caps') naming convention, with care taken to minimize the
+    letter count. The initial letter of the name is lowercase, and each
+    letter that starts a new 'word' is capitalized.
+
+    Good:
+    'connect()'
+    'getData()'
+    'buildSomeWidget()'
+
+    Bad:
+    'get_Data()'
+    'buildsomewidget'
+    'getI()'
+
+[7] Classes should be given descriptive names. Avoid using abbreviations
     where possible. Each word in the class name should start with a capital
     letter, with words underscore delimited. The class name should be prefixed
     with the name of the 'parent set'.