No, perhaps not. I agree there's consensus, just wondering what the
next steps should be to get this in. (The presubmits look like they're
all passing, with the exception of some breakage in java that should
be completely unrelated. Of course there's already merge conflicts...)

On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 3:55 PM Ahmet Altay <al...@google.com> wrote:
>
> Do we need a formal vote? There is consensus on this thread and on the PR.
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 3:37 PM Robert Bradshaw <rober...@google.com> wrote:
>>
>> The PR is looking good. Should we call a vote?
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 11:03 AM Robert Bradshaw <rober...@google.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Thanks. I commented on the PR. I think if we're going this route we
>> > should add a pre-commit, plus instructions on how to run the tool
>> > (similar to spotless).
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 10:00 AM Udi Meiri <eh...@google.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I've done a pass on the PR on code I'm familiar with.
>> > > Please make a pass and add your suggestions on the PR.
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 7:15 AM Ismaël Mejía <ieme...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> Java build fails on any unformatted code so python probably should be 
>> > >> like that.
>> > >> We have to ensure however that it fails early on that.
>> > >> As Robert said time to debate the knobs :)
>> > >>
>> > >> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 3:19 PM Kamil Wasilewski 
>> > >> <kamil.wasilew...@polidea.com> wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>> PR is ready: https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/10684. Please share 
>> > >>> your comments ;-) I've managed to reduce the impact a bit:
>> > >>> 501 files changed, 18245 insertions(+), 19495 deletions(-)
>> > >>>
>> > >>> We still need to consider how to enforce the usage of autoformatter. 
>> > >>> Pre-commit sounds like a nice addition, but it still needs to be 
>> > >>> installed manually by a developer. On the other hand, Jenkins 
>> > >>> precommit job that fails if any unformatted code is detected looks 
>> > >>> like too strict. What do you think?
>> > >>>
>> > >>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 8:37 PM Robert Bradshaw <rober...@google.com> 
>> > >>> wrote:
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Thanks! Now we get to debate what knobs to twiddle :-P
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> FYI, I did a simple run (just pushed to
>> > >>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/compare/master...robertwb:yapf) to see
>> > >>>> the impact. The diff is
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>     $ git diff --stat master
>> > >>>>     ...
>> > >>>>      547 files changed, 22118 insertions(+), 21129 deletions(-)
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> For reference
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>     $ find sdks/python/apache_beam -name '*.py' | xargs wc
>> > >>>>     ...
>> > >>>>     200424  612002 7431637 total
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> which means a little over 10% of lines get touched. I think there are
>> > >>>> some options, such as SPLIT_ALL_TOP_LEVEL_COMMA_SEPARATED_VALUES and
>> > >>>> COALESCE_BRACKETS, that will conform more to the style we are already
>> > >>>> (mostly) following.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 1:59 AM Kamil Wasilewski
>> > >>>> <kamil.wasilew...@polidea.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >
>> > >>>> > Thank you Michał for creating the ticket. I have some free time and 
>> > >>>> > I'd like to volunteer myself for this task.
>> > >>>> > Indeed, it looks like there's consensus for `yapf`, so I'll try 
>> > >>>> > `yapf` first.
>> > >>>> >
>> > >>>> > Best,
>> > >>>> > Kamil
>> > >>>> >
>> > >>>> >
>> > >>>> > On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 10:37 AM Michał Walenia 
>> > >>>> > <michal.wale...@polidea.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>
>> > >>>> >> Hi all,
>> > >>>> >> I created a JIRA issue for this and summarized the available tools
>> > >>>> >>
>> > >>>> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-9175
>> > >>>> >>
>> > >>>> >> Cheers,
>> > >>>> >> Michal
>> > >>>> >>
>> > >>>> >> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 1:49 AM Udi Meiri <eh...@google.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>
>> > >>>> >>> Sorry, backing off on this due to time constraints.
>> > >>>> >>>
>> > >>>> >>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 3:39 PM Udi Meiri <eh...@google.com> 
>> > >>>> >>> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>
>> > >>>> >>>> It sounds like there's a consensus for yapf. I volunteer to take 
>> > >>>> >>>> this on
>> > >>>> >>>>
>> > >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 10:31 Udi Meiri <eh...@google.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>> +1 to autoformatting
>> > >>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 9:57 AM Luke Cwik <lc...@google.com> 
>> > >>>> >>>>> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>> +1 to autoformatters. Also the Beam Java SDK went through a 
>> > >>>> >>>>>> one time pass to apply the spotless formatting.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 9:52 PM Ahmet Altay <al...@google.com> 
>> > >>>> >>>>>> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>> +1 to autoformatters and yapf. It appears to be a well 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>> maintained project. I do support making a one time pass to 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>> apply formatting the whole code base.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 5:38 PM Chad Dombrova 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>> <chad...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> It'd be good if there was a way to only apply to violating 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> (or at
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> least changed) lines.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>> I assumed the first thing we’d do is convert all of the code 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>> in one go, since it’s a very safe operation. Did you have 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>> something else in mind?
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>> -chad
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 1:56 PM Chad Dombrova 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> <chad...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > +1 to autoformatting
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > Let me add some nuance to that.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > The way I see it there are 2 varieties of formatters:  
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > those which take the original formatting into 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > consideration (autopep8) and those which disregard it 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > (yapf, black).
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > I much prefer yapf to black, because you have plenty of 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > options to tweak with yapf (enough to make the output a 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > pretty close match to the current Beam style), and you 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > can mark areas to preserve the original formatting, which 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > could be very useful with Pipeline building with pipe 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > operators.  Please don't pick black.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > autopep8 is more along the lines of spotless in Java -- 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > it only corrects code that breaks the project's style 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > rules.  The big problem with Beam's current style is that 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > it is so esoteric that autopep8 can't enforce it -- and 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > I'm not just talking about 2-spaces, which I don't really 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > have a problem with -- the problem is the use of either 2 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > or 4 spaces depending on context (expression start vs 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > hanging indent, etc).  This is my *biggest* gripe about 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > the current style.  PyCharm doesn't have enough control 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > either.  So, if we can choose a style that can be 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > expressed by flake8 or pycodestyle then we can use 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > autopep8 to enforce it.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > I'd prefer autopep8 to yapf because I like having a 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > little wiggle room to influence the style, but on a big 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > project like Beam all that wiggle room ends up to minor 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > but noticeable inconsistencies in style throughout the 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > project.  yapf ensures completely consistent style, but 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > the tradeoff is that it's sometimes ugly, especially in 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > scenarios with similar repeated entries like argparse, 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > where yapf might insert line breaks in visually 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > inconsistent and unappealing ways depending on the 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > lengths of the keywords and expressions involved.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > Either way (but especially if we choose yapf) I think 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > it'd be a nice addition to setup a pre-commit [1] config 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > so that people can opt in to running *lightweight* 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > autofixers prior to commit.  This will not only reduce 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > dev frustration but will also reduce the amount of cpu 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > cycles that Jenkins spends pointing out lint errors.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > [1] https://pre-commit.com/
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > -chad
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 12:52 PM Ismaël Mejía 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> > <ieme...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >> Last time we discussed this there seems not to be much 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >> progress into autoformatting.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >> This tool looks more tweakable, so maybe it could be 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >> more appropriate for Beam's use case.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >> https://github.com/google/yapf/
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >> WDYT?
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 10:50 AM Łukasz Gajowy 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >> <lgaj...@apache.org> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> +1 for any autoformatter for Python SDK that does the 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> job. My experience is that since spotless in Java SDK I 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> would never start a new Java project without it. So 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> many great benefits not only for one person coding but 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> for all community.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> It is a GitHub UI issue that you cannot easily browse 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> past the reformat. It is not actually that hard, but 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> does take a couple extra clicks to get GitHub to 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> display blame before a reformat. It is easier with the 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> command line. I do a lot of code history digging and 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> the global Java reformat is not really a problem.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> It's actually one more click on Github but I agree it's 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> not the best way to search the history. The most 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> convenient and clear one I've found so far is in 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> Jetbrains IDEs (Intelij) where you can:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> right click on line number -> "annotate" -> click again 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> -> "annotate previous revision" -> ...
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> You can also use "compare with" to see the diff between 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> two revisions.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> Łukasz
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> czw., 30 maj 2019 o 06:15 Kenneth Knowles 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> <k...@apache.org> napisał(a):
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> +1 pending good enough tooling (I can't quite tell - 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> seems there are some issues?)
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 2:40 PM Katarzyna Kucharczyk 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> <ka.kucharc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> What else actually we gain? My guess is faster PR 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> review iteration. We will skip some of conversations 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> about code style.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> ...
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> Last but not least, new contributor may be less 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> discouraged. When I started contribute I didn’t know 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> how to format my code and I lost a lot of time to add 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> pylint and adjust IntelliJ. I eventually failed. 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> Currently I write code intuitively and when I don’t 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> forget I rerun tox.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> This is a huge benefit. This is why I supported it so 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> much for Java. It is a community benefit. You do not 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> have to be a contributor to the Python SDK to support 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> this. That is why I am writing here. Just eliminate 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> all discussion of formatting. It doesn't really matter 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> what the resulting format is, if it is not crazy to 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> read. I strongly oppose maintaining a non-default 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> format.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> Reformating 20k lines or 200k is not hard. The Java 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> global reformat touched 50k lines. It does not really 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> matter how big it is. Definitely do it all at once if 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> you think the tool is good enough. And you should pin 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> a version, so churn is not a problem. You can upgrade 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> the version and reformat in a PR later and that is 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> also easy.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> It is a GitHub UI issue that you cannot easily browse 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> past the reformat. It is not actually that hard, but 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> does take a couple extra clicks to get GitHub to 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> display blame before a reformat. It is easier with the 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> command line. I do a lot of code history digging and 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> the global Java reformat is not really a problem.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> Kenn
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> Also everything will be formatted in a same way, so 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> eventually it would be easier to read.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> Moreover, as it was mentioned in previous emails - a 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> lot of Jenkins failures won’t take place, so we save 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> time and resources.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> One of disadvantages is that our pipelines has custom 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> syntax and after formatting they looks a little bit 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> weird, but maybe extending the only configurable 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> option in Black - lines, from 88 to 110 would be 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> solution.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> Second one is that Black requires Python 3 to be run. 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> I don’t know how big obstacle it would be.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> I believe there are two options how it would be 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> possible to introduce Black. First: just do it, it 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> will hurt but then it would be ok (same as a dentist 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> appointment). Of course it may require some work to 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> adjust linters. On the other hand we can do it 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> gradually and start including sdk parts one by one - 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> maybe it will be less painful?
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> As an example I can share one of projects [2] I know 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> that uses Black (they use also other cool checkers 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> and pre-commit [3]). This is how looks their build 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> with all checks [4].
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> To sum up I believe that if we want improve our 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> coding experience, we should improve our toolset. 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> Black seems be recent and quite popular tool what 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> makes think they won’t stop developing it.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> [1] 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4112410/git-change-styling-whitespace-without-changing-ownership-blame
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> [2]  
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/oozie-to-airflow
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> [3] https://pre-commit.com
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> [4] 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> https://travis-ci.org/GoogleCloudPlatform/oozie-to-airflow/builds/538725689
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 2:01 PM Robert Bradshaw 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> <rober...@google.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Reformatting to 4 spaces seems a non-starter to me, 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> as it would change nearly every single line in the 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> codebase (and the loss of all context as well as 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> that particular line).
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> This is probably why the 2-space fork exists. 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> However, we don't conform to that either--we use 2 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> spaces for indentation, but 4 for continuation 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> indentation. (As for the history of this, this goes 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> back to Google's internal style guide, probably 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> motivated by consistency with C++, Java, ... and the 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> fact that with an indent level of 4 one ends up 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> wrapping lines quite frequently (it's telling that 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> black's default line length is 88)). This turns out 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> to be an easy change to the codebase.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Once we move beyond the 2 vs. 4 whitespace thing, I 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> found that this tool introduces a huge amount of 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> vertical whitespace (e.g. closing parentheses on 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> their own line), e.g.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> def foo(
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>     args
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> ):
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>   if (
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>       long expression)
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>   ):
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>     func(
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>         args
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>     )
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> I wrote a simple post-processor to put closing 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> parentheses on the same lines, as well as omit the 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> newline after "if (", and disabling formatting of 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> strings, which reduce the churn in our codebase to 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> 15k lines (adding about 4k) out of 200k total.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/8712/files
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> It's still very opinionated, often in different ways 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> then me, and doesn't understand the semantics of the 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> code, but possibly something we could live with 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> given the huge advantages of an autoformatter.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> An intermediate point would be to allow, but not 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> require, autoformatting of changed lines.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> As for being beta quality, it looks like it's got a 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> decent number of contributors and in my book being 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> in the python github project is a strong positive 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> signal. But, due to the above issues, I think we'd 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> have to maintain a fork. (The code is pretty 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> lightweight, the 2 vs. 4 space issue is a 2-line 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> change, and the rest implemented as a 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> post-processing step (for now, incomplete), so it'd 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> be easy to stay in sync with upstream.)
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 11:03 AM Ismaël Mejía 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> <ieme...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > I think the question is if it can be configured 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > in a way to fit our
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > current linter's style. I don't think it is 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > feasible to reformat the
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > entire Python SDK.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > It cannot be configured to do what we actually do 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > because Black is
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > configurable only to support the standard python 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > codestyle guidelines
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > (PEP-8) which recommends 4 spaces and is what most 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > projects in the
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > python world use.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > Reformatted lines don't allow quick access to 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > the Git history. This
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > effect is still visible in the Java SDK. 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > However, I have the feeling
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > that this might be less of a problem with Python 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > because the linter has
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > more rules than Checkstyle had.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > Yes that’s the bad side effect but there are 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > always tradeoffs we have
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > to deal with.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 10:52 AM Maximilian 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > Michels <m...@apache.org> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > I think the question is if it can be configured 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > in a way to fit our
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > current linter's style. I don't think it is 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > feasible to reformat the
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > entire Python SDK.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > Reformatted lines don't allow quick access to 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > the Git history. This
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > effect is still visible in the Java SDK. 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > However, I have the feeling
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > that this might be less of a problem with Python 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > because the linter has
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > more rules than Checkstyle had.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > -Max
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > On 29.05.19 10:16, Ismaël Mejía wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> My concerns are:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> - The product is clearly marked as beta with 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> a big warning.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> - It looks like mostly a single person 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> project. For the same reason I also strongly 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> prefer not using a fork for a specific 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> setting. Fork will only have less people 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> looking at it.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > I suppose the project is marked as beta 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > because it is recent, it was
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > presented in 2018’s pycon, and because some 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > things can change since
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > auto-formatters are pretty tricky beasts, I 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > think beta in that case is
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > like our own ‘@Experimental’. If you look at 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > the contribution page [1]
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > you can notice that it is less and less a 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > single person project, there
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > have been 93 independent contributions since 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > the project became
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > public, and the fact that it is hosted in the 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > python organization
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > github [2] gives some confidence on the 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > project continuity.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > You are right however about the fact that the 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > main author seems to be
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > the ‘benevolent’ dictator, and in the 2-spaces 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > issue he can seem
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > arbitrary, but he is just following pep8 style 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > guide recommendations
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > [3]. I am curious of why we (Beam) do not 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > follow the 4 spaces
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > recommendation of PEP-8 or even Google's own 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > Python style guide [4],
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > So, probably it should be to us to reconsider 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > the current policy to
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > adapt to the standards (and the tool).
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > I did a quick run of black with python 2.7 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > compatibility on
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > sdks/python and got only 4 parsing errors 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > which is positive given the
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > size of our code base.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > 415 files reformatted, 45 files left 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > unchanged, 4 files failed to reformat.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > error: cannot format
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > /home/ismael/upstream/beam/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/interactive/display/display_manager.py:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > Cannot parse: 47:22:   _display_progress = 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > print
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > error: cannot format
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > /home/ismael/upstream/beam/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/log_handler.py:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > Cannot parse: 151:18:               
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > file=sys.stderr)
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > error: cannot format
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > /home/ismael/upstream/beam/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/sdk_worker.py:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > Cannot parse: 160:34:       
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > print(traceback_string, file=sys.stderr)
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > error: cannot format
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > /home/ismael/upstream/beam/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/trivial_inference.py:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > Cannot parse: 335:51:       print('-->' if pc 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > == last_pc else '    ',
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > end=' ')
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > I still think this can be positive for the 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > project but well I am
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > barely a contributor to the python code base 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > so I let you the python
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > maintainers to reconsider this, in any case it 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > seems like a good
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > improvement for the project.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > [1] 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > https://github.com/python/black/graphs/contributors
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > [2] https://github.com/python
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > [3] 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#indentation
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > [4] 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > https://github.com/google/styleguide/blob/gh-pages/pyguide.md#34-indentation
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 11:15 PM Ahmet Altay 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > > <al...@google.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> I am in the same boat with Robert, I am in 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> favor of autoformatters but I am not familiar 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> with this one. My concerns are:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> - The product is clearly marked as beta with 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> a big warning.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> - It looks like mostly a single person 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> project. For the same reason I also strongly 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> prefer not using a fork for a specific 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> setting. Fork will only have less people 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> looking at it.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> IMO, this is in an early stage for us. That 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> said lint issues are real as pointed in the 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> thread. If someone would like to give it a 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> try and see how it would look like for us 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> that would be interesting.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 4:44 AM Katarzyna 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >> Kucharczyk <ka.kucharc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>> This sounds really good. A lot of Jenkins 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>> jobs failures are caused by lint problems.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>> I think it would be great to have something 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>> similar to Spotless in Java SDK (I heard 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>> there is problem with configuring Black with 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>> IntelliJ).
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 10:52 PM Robert 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>> Bradshaw <rober...@google.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>> I'm generally in favor of autoformatters, 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>> though I haven't looked at
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>> how well this particular one works. We 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>> might have to go with
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>> https://github.com/desbma/black-2spaces 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>> given
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>> https://github.com/python/black/issues/378 .
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 10:43 PM Pablo 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>> Estrada <pabl...@google.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>> This looks pretty good:) I know at least a 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>> couple people (myself included) who've 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>> been annoyed by having to take care of 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>> lint issues that maybe a code formatter 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>> could save us.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>> Thanks for sharing Ismael.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>> -P.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>> On Mon, May 27, 2019, 12:24 PM Ismaël 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>> Mejía <ieme...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>> I stumbled by chance into Black [1] a 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>> python code auto formatter that
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>> is becoming the 'de-facto' auto-formatter 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>> for python, and wanted to
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>> bring to the ML Is there interest from 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>> the python people to get this
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>> into the build?
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>> The introduction of spotless for Java has 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>> been a good improvement and
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>> maybe the python code base may benefit of 
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>> this too.
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>> WDYT?
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>>
>> > >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>> [1] https://github.com/python/black
>> > >>>> >>
>> > >>>> >>
>> > >>>> >>
>> > >>>> >> --
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