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Python function name convention for "convert foo to bar", e.g., foo_to_bar, foo2bar

I have a function that converts args given by argparse to a filename: def args2filename(args, prefix): filename = prefix kwargs = vars(args) for key, value in sorted(kwargs.items()): ...
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How should I name functions that return values in Python?

I'm confused about choosing names for my functions in Python. Sometimes Python built-in functions are imperative such as: print function and string method find. Sometimes they aren't such as: len its ...
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