[anentropic]

The succinctness of Python (such as there is) comes from the syntax itself. On the other hand, obscure variable names are discouraged. It's not a 'code golf' language. The aim is clarity and readability - unobscured by either verbose boilerplate or excessive brevity.

A library author should provide names which are descriptive and clear. Users can then abbreviate them however much or little as we choose (by import aliasing). For example it is very common to see `import numpy as np`... but you wouldn't want them to publish the library as `np`. It should have its proper name.

One reason for this is if I'm exploring code in a REPL or IDE with tab-completion. You want to have some idea what a module is for, without having to play 'guess the abbreviation'.