What is the naming convention in Python for variable and function names?

Question

Coming from a C# background the naming convention for variables and method names are usually either camelCase or PascalCase:

Answer 1

David Goodger (in "Code Like a Pythonista" here) describes the PEP 8 recommendations as follows:

• joined_lower for functions, methods, attributes, variables

• joined_lower or ALL_CAPS for constants

• StudlyCaps for classes

• camelCase only to conform to pre-existing conventions