camelCase with lowercase initial with names

Question

Many coding standards recommend using camelCase with lowercase initial for variable and function names. What is the standard practice if the initial should be uppercase for "grammatical reasons", eg, because it is a name? For instance, shall I write KnuthPlassAlgorithm or knuthPlassAlgorithm ?

Answer 1

It depends on your language and who you ask. Generally you "camelCase" local variables and "ProperCase" FunctionNames or ProtectedMemberVariables. Often people use an underscore then camel case for _privateVariables. If you want to not have to think about it and you are using VS and C# you should check out stylecop