rspec/rules/S1845/python/rule.adoc
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This rule raises an issue when there is a method and a field in a class with names that differ only by capitalization.
== Why is this an issue?
Looking at the set of methods and fields in a ``++class++`` and finding two that differ only by capitalization is confusing to users of the class.
This situation may simply indicate poor naming. Method names should be action-oriented, and thus contain a verb, which is unlikely in the case where both a method and a field have the same name (with or without capitalization differences). However, renaming a public method could be disruptive to callers. Therefore renaming the member is the recommended action.
=== Code examples
==== Noncompliant code example
[source,python,diff-id=1,diff-type=noncompliant]
----
class SomeClass:
lookUp = false
def lookup(): # Non-compliant; method name differs from field name only by capitalization
pass
----
==== Compliant solution
[source,python,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant]
----
class SomeClass:
lookUp = false
def getLookUp():
pass
----
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