Not all code is read in an IDE. Also, most IDEs don't color names differently at call sites. For example: a = foo.Bar() You know Bar is a public function of f

Not all code is read in an IDE. Also, most IDEs don't color names differently at call sites. For example: a = foo.Bar() You know Bar is a public function of foo. It's not hungarian notation because you're not adding otherwise-nonsense characters to the beginning of an identifier, which would make them longer and harder to read.