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Re:Don't Name Classes After Patterns. Mostly by mjburgess on Sunday August 23, 2020 @06:46AM (#24250998)
Subscript to "of" doesn't always work.

A model trained on UK data is f_uk. It isnt "model of UK"... its a model of, eg., prices for goods.

f_UK is more like "the UK's model (of prices)"

I think the better way to interpret the mathematical convention is ObjectOfStudy_variation

...which is the convention being used in programming.

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Re:Don't Name Classes After Patterns. Mostly by johbjo on Sunday August 23, 2020 @10:14AM (#24252097)
Kind of. Pronouncing a_b as "a wrt b" should work though.

With f_uk, it could mean a model with parameters trained for UK - "theta uk".

In my view, it's nice to have subscript-like things in the constructors. Ex:

uk_price_model = PriceModel(uk_model_parameters)

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Re:Don't Name Classes After Patterns. Mostly by OnlyOneCannolo on Sunday August 23, 2020 @09:37AM (#24251844)
f = goods price model

uk = United Kingdom

f_uk = goods price model of the United Kingdom

Seems to work. Did I misunderstand?

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