A lot of older parts in Python inherit the naming style common in C, which always seems to me they have OCD to shorten everything, e.g. ls for list, mk for make

A lot of older parts in Python inherit the naming style common in C, which always seems to me they have OCD to shorten everything, e.g. ls for list, mk for make. Newer Python parts are more “healthy” in this regard. But this also results in some wierd inconsistencies like mkdir vs makedirs.