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"klass" is a common convention in OOP code when referring to classes, because "class" and "Class" are often reserved already.

• chaosite 8y ago
  Java seems to prefer `clazz`.
  • noblethrasher 8y ago
    C# prefers `@class`
  • MaxBarraclough 8y ago
    "klass" seems to somewhat outnumber "clazz" in OpenJDK, 1541 to 1021. Wonder if there's a reason they haven't settled on one. https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/search?q=klass https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/search?q=klass https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/search?q=clazz https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/search?q=clazz
• mikepurvis 8y ago
  Python typically goes with `cls`, particularly in conjunction with the `@classmethod` decorator.
  • qwsxyh 8y ago
    Python code uses both.
    • mikepurvis 8y ago
      Um, not really. PEP8 explicitly says to use `cls`: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#function-and-method-arguments https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#function-and-metho...
      • qwsxyh 8y ago
        https://github.com/python/cpython/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=klass&type= https://github.com/python/cpython/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=kl...