diff --git a/src/diana/sgfParser/__init__.py b/src/diana/sgfParser/__init__.py
--- a/src/diana/sgfParser/__init__.py
+++ b/src/diana/sgfParser/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-def skipWhitespace(s, start):
+def skip_whitespace(s, start):
 	i = start
 	while i < len(s) and s[i].isspace():
-		i+=1
+		i += 1
 
 	return i
 
 
-def strRowCol(s, i):
+def str_row_col(s, i):
 	k = 0
 	(r, c) = (0, 0)
 	for (r, line) in enumerate(s.splitlines(True)):
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def strRowCol(s, i):
 class ParserError(Exception):
 	def __init__(self, msg, s, i):
 		self.msg = msg
-		(self.row, self.col) = strRowCol(s, i)
+		(self.row, self.col) = str_row_col(s, i)
 		self.context = s[i:i+16]
 
 	def __str__(self):