Naming Schemes for Variables and Parameters

This is a list of common variable/parameter names. To keep the API consistent please stick to these suggestions.

• n
  used for number of something, usually the number of distributions.
  Sometimes we need to be more precise when there are multiple n
  • n_samples - number of samples
  • n_dims - number of dimensions
  • n_rows, n_cols, ...
• _hi, _lo
  used to indicate high-dimensional and low-dimensional (for dimensionality reduction), e.g. elements_hi
• distributions, distribs
  used for list of Distribution instances
• _labels
  used to indicate a list of labels for something, e.g.
  • distrib_labels - list of labels for each distribution
  • dim_labels - list of labels for each dimension (data attribute names)