diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 940c3e7..242f3c7 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ load-plugins=
 # can either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
 # multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
 # it should appear only once).
-disable=W0142
+disable=I0011,W0142,C0102
 
 
 [REPORTS]
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ module-rgx=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+))$
 const-rgx=(([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$
 
 # Regular expression which should only match correct class names
-class-rgx=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
+class-rgx=[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
 
 # Regular expression which should only match correct function names
 function-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ attr-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
 argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
 
 # Regular expression which should only match correct variable names
-variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
+variable-rgx=[A-Za-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
 
 # Regular expression which should only match correct list comprehension /
 # generator expression variable names
diff --git a/pygal/graph/base.py b/pygal/graph/base.py
index 855d48f..7e9e64e 100644
--- a/pygal/graph/base.py
+++ b/pygal/graph/base.py
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ class BaseGraph(object):
         """Add a serie to this graph"""
         self.series.append(Serie(title, values, len(self.series)))
 
-    def _init(self):
-        """Init the graph"""
+    def reinit(self):
+        """(Re-)Init the graph"""
         self.margin = Margin(*([20] * 4))
         self._box = Box()
 
@@ -191,13 +191,13 @@ class BaseGraph(object):
 
     def _render(self):
         """Make the graph internally"""
-        self._init()
-        self.svg._init()
+        self.reinit()
+        self.svg.reinit()
         if self._has_data():
             self._draw()
-            self.svg._pre_render(False)
+            self.svg.pre_render(False)
         else:
-            self.svg._pre_render(True)
+            self.svg.pre_render(True)
 
     def render(self, is_unicode=False):
         """Render the graph, and return the svg string"""
diff --git a/pygal/svg.py b/pygal/svg.py
index 8a49f93..64c1a46 100644
--- a/pygal/svg.py
+++ b/pygal/svg.py
@@ -16,11 +16,16 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 # along with pygal. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+Svg helper
+
+"""
+
 from __future__ import division
 import io
 import os
 from lxml import etree
-from pygal.util import template
+from pygal.util import template, coord_format
 from pygal import __version__
 
 
@@ -30,8 +35,11 @@ class Svg(object):
 
     def __init__(self, graph):
         self.graph = graph
+        self.root = None
+        self.defs = None
 
-    def _init(self):
+    def reinit(self):
+        """(Re-)initialization"""
         self.root = etree.Element(
             "{%s}svg" % self.ns,
             nsmap={
@@ -45,6 +53,7 @@ class Svg(object):
         self.defs = self.node(tag='defs')
 
     def add_style(self, css):
+        """Add the css to the svg"""
         style = self.node(self.defs, 'style', type='text/css')
         with io.open(css, encoding='utf-8') as f:
             templ = template(
@@ -55,6 +64,7 @@ class Svg(object):
             style.text = templ
 
     def add_script(self, js):
+        """Add the js to the svg"""
         script = self.node(self.defs, 'script', type='text/javascript')
         with io.open(js, encoding='utf-8') as f:
             templ = template(
@@ -65,6 +75,7 @@ class Svg(object):
             script.text = templ
 
     def node(self, parent=None, tag='g', attrib=None, **extras):
+        """Make a new svg node"""
         if parent is None:
             parent = self.root
         attrib = attrib or {}
@@ -80,6 +91,7 @@ class Svg(object):
         return etree.SubElement(parent, tag, attrib)
 
     def transposable_node(self, parent=None, tag='g', attrib=None, **extras):
+        """Make a new svg node which can be transposed if horizontal"""
         if self.graph._horizontal:
             for key1, key2 in (('x', 'y'), ('width', 'height')):
                 attr1 = extras.get(key1, None)
@@ -87,24 +99,23 @@ class Svg(object):
                 extras[key1], extras[key2] = attr2, attr1
         return self.node(parent, tag, attrib, **extras)
 
-    def format(self, xy):
-        return '%f %f' % xy
-
     def line(self, node, coords, close=False, **kwargs):
+        """Draw a svg line"""
         if len(coords) < 2:
             return
         root = 'M%s L%s Z' if close else 'M%s L%s'
         origin_index = 0
         while None in coords[origin_index]:
             origin_index += 1
-        origin = self.format(coords[origin_index])
-        line = ' '.join([self.format(c)
+        origin = coord_format(coords[origin_index])
+        line = ' '.join([coord_format(c)
                          for c in coords[origin_index + 1:]
                          if None not in c])
         self.node(node, 'path',
                   d=root % (origin, line), **kwargs)
 
-    def _pre_render(self, no_data=False):
+    def pre_render(self, no_data=False):
+        """Last things to do before rendering"""
         self.add_style(self.graph.base_css or os.path.join(
             os.path.dirname(__file__), 'css', 'graph.css'))
         self.add_script(self.graph.base_js or os.path.join(
@@ -122,6 +133,7 @@ class Svg(object):
             no_data.text = self.graph.no_data_text
 
     def render(self, is_unicode=False):
+        """Last thing to do before rendering"""
         svg = etree.tostring(
             self.root, pretty_print=True,
             xml_declaration=not self.graph.disable_xml_declaration,
diff --git a/pygal/util.py b/pygal/util.py
index 1a9ad3f..a1e2793 100644
--- a/pygal/util.py
+++ b/pygal/util.py
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 # along with pygal. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+Various utils
+
+"""
+
 from __future__ import division
 from decimal import Decimal
 from math import floor, pi, log, log10
@@ -23,10 +28,12 @@ ORDERS = u"yzafpnµm kMGTPEZY"
 
 
 def float_format(number):
+    """Format a float to a precision of 3, without zeroes or dots"""
     return ("%.3f" % number).rstrip('0').rstrip('.')
 
 
 def humanize(number):
+    """Format a number to engineer scale"""
     order = number and int(floor(log(abs(number)) / log(1000)))
     human_readable = ORDERS.split(" ")[int(order > 0)]
     if order == 0 or order > len(human_readable):
@@ -42,37 +49,43 @@ def is_major(number):
 
 
 def round_to_int(number, precision):
+    """Round a number to a precision"""
     precision = int(precision)
     rounded = (int(number) + precision / 2) // precision * precision
     return rounded
 
 
 def round_to_float(number, precision):
+    """Round a float to a precision"""
     rounded = Decimal(str(floor((number + precision / 2) // precision))
     ) * Decimal(str(precision))
     return float(rounded)
 
 
 def round_to_scale(number, precision):
+    """Round a number or a float to a precision"""
     if precision < 1:
         return round_to_float(number, precision)
     return round_to_int(number, precision)
 
 
 def cut(list_, index=0):
+    """Cut a list by index or arg"""
     if isinstance(index, int):
-        cut = lambda x: x[index]
+        cut_ = lambda x: x[index]
     else:
-        cut = lambda x: getattr(x, index)
-    return map(cut, list_)
+        cut_ = lambda x: getattr(x, index)
+    return map(cut_, list_)
 
 
-def rad(deg):
-    return pi * deg / 180
+def rad(degrees):
+    """Convert degrees in radiants"""
+    return pi * degrees / 180
 
 
-def deg(deg):
-    return 180 * deg / pi
+def deg(radiants):
+    """Convert radiants in degrees"""
+    return 180 * radiants / pi
 
 
 def _swap_curly(string):
@@ -92,19 +105,25 @@ def template(string, **kwargs):
     """Format a string using double braces"""
     return _swap_curly(string).format(**kwargs)
 
+
+def coord_format(xy):
+    """Format x y coords to svg"""
+    return '%f %f' % xy
+
 swap = lambda tuple_: tuple(reversed(tuple_))
 ident = lambda x: x
 
 
 # Stolen from brownie http://packages.python.org/Brownie/
 class cached_property(object):
+    """Optimize a static property"""
     def __init__(self, getter, doc=None):
         self.getter = getter
         self.__module__ = getter.__module__
         self.__name__ = getter.__name__
         self.__doc__ = doc or getter.__doc__
 
-    def __get__(self, obj, type=None):
+    def __get__(self, obj, type_=None):
         if obj is None:
             return self
         value = obj.__dict__[self.__name__] = self.getter(obj)
diff --git a/pygal/view.py b/pygal/view.py
index 66bdc9b..9e865ec 100644
--- a/pygal/view.py
+++ b/pygal/view.py
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ class LogView(View):
         self.log10_ymin = log10(self.box.ymin)
         self.box.fix(False)
 
+    # pylint: enable-msg=W0231
     def y(self, y):
         """Project y"""
         if y == None or y <= 0: