Thanks to everyone involved in the discussion.

I've taken a look at the first 50 recently updated Pull Requests. Only few
of them were affected. I hope it wouldn't be too hard to fix them.

In any case, here you can find instructions on how to run formatter:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/BEAM/Python+Tips (section
"Formatting").

On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 12:42 PM Michał Walenia <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
> the PR is merged, all checks were green :)
> Enjoy prettier Python!
>
> On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 11:11 AM Ismaël Mejía <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Agree no need for vote for this because the consensus is clear and the
>> sole
>> impact I can think of are pending PRs that will be broken. In the Java
>> case
>> what we did was to just notice every PR that was affected by the change.
>> And clearly document how to validate and autoformat the code.
>>
>> So the earlier the better, go go autoformat!
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 1:38 AM Robert Bradshaw <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> The PR is looking good. Should we call a vote?
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 11:03 AM Robert Bradshaw <[email protected]>
>>> 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 <[email protected]>
>>> 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 <[email protected]>
>>> 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 <
>>> [email protected]> 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 <
>>> [email protected]> 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
>>> >> > >>>> <[email protected]> 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 <
>>> [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> > >>>> >>>
>>> >> > >>>> >>> Sorry, backing off on this due to time constraints.
>>> >> > >>>> >>>
>>> >> > >>>> >>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 3:39 PM Udi Meiri <
>>> [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> > >>>> >>>>>
>>> >> > >>>> >>>>> +1 to autoformatting
>>> >> > >>>> >>>>>
>>> >> > >>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 9:57 AM Luke Cwik <
>>> [email protected]> 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 <
>>> [email protected]> 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 <
>>> [email protected]> 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 <
>>> [email protected]> 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 <
>>> [email protected]> 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 <
>>> [email protected]> 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 <
>>> [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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
>>> <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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
>>> >> > >>>> >>
>>> >> > >>>> >>
>>> >> > >>>> >>
>>> >> > >>>> >> --
>>> >> > >>>> >>
>>> >> > >>>> >> Michał Walenia
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