Module names are too restrictive

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#127 opened on May 1, 2021 3 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Estimated time: 1-3 hours
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Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Clearly specified
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: tooling

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Read hooks/pre_gen_project.py at line 27 and compare its module-name validation with the Python naming guidance linked in the issue. Verify the accepted-name behavior for modules containing numbers and the rejected behavior for names beginning with numbers; the issue does not mention a test file to run.

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https://github.com/plotly/dash-component-boilerplate/blob/c59567cad7b6936720af1b19a9141af424efffc2/hooks/pre_gen_project.py#L27

I think this check is too restrictive as Python modules should be able to contain numbers just not start with them. PEP8 isn't super clear though: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#package-and-module-names

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