what is the standard for enums and static vars, regarding casing. In java it is DARK_CHOCOLATE vs da...

# codingconventions

[sreich]

what is the standard for enums and static vars, regarding casing. In java it is DARK_CHOCOLATE vs darkChocolate for example

[LeoColman]

Personally, I don't like SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE.

I prefer PascalCased TopLevelVariables or Constants in general

[LeoColman]

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/coding-conventions.html#property-names

[LeoColman]

I think the official reference is this

[Matteo Mirk]

Kotlin docs for enum show examples in screaming case, but indeed at the end of the above linked section we can read:

For enum constants, it’s OK to use either uppercase underscore-separated names (screaming snake case) (enum class Color { RED, GREEN }) or upper camel case names, depending on the usage.

I’ve found the second convention used a lot in various codebases, and actually prefer it. Moreover it’s consistent with the object naming convention, makes sense to me.