The class should be called Coverage

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/__init__.py b/coverage/__init__.py
index 193b7a10..18e3b6f4 100644
--- a/coverage/__init__.py
+++ b/coverage/__init__.py
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage
 
 from coverage.version import __version__, __url__
 
-from coverage.control import coverage, process_startup
+from coverage.control import Coverage, process_startup
 from coverage.data import CoverageData
 from coverage.cmdline import main, CoverageScript
 from coverage.misc import CoverageException
 
+# Backward compatibility.
+coverage = Coverage
+
 # Module-level functions.  The original API to this module was based on
 # functions defined directly in the module, with a singleton of the coverage()
 # class.  That design hampered programmability, so the current api uses
diff --git a/coverage/control.py b/coverage/control.py
index 84e85666..1bfd081d 100644
--- a/coverage/control.py
+++ b/coverage/control.py
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ except ImportError:
     _structseq = None
 
 
-class coverage(object):
+class Coverage(object):
     """Programmatic access to coverage.py.
 
     To use::
 
         from coverage import coverage
 
-        cov = coverage()
+        cov = Coverage()
         cov.start()
         #.. call your code ..
         cov.stop()
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ def process_startup():
     """
     cps = os.environ.get("COVERAGE_PROCESS_START")
     if cps:
-        cov = coverage(config_file=cps, auto_data=True)
+        cov = Coverage(config_file=cps, auto_data=True)
         cov.start()
         cov._warn_no_data = False
         cov._warn_unimported_source = False