  This paper describes the results of a large (+1100 responses) survey of
professional software developers concerning standards for naming source code
methods. The various standards for source code method names are derived from
and supported in the software engineering literature. The goal of the survey is
to determine if there is a general consensus among developers that the
standards are accepted and used in practice. Additionally, the paper examines
factors such as years of experience and programming language knowledge in the
context of survey responses. The survey results show that participants very
much agree about the importance of various standards and how they apply to
names. Additionally, the survey shows that years of experience and the
programming language the participants use has almost no effect on their
responses.
