On Friday, May 5, 2023 at 6:01:33 PM UTC-4 Edward K. Ream wrote: On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 3:24 PM jkn <[email protected]> wrote:
https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/ "This document gives coding conventions for the Python code *comprising the standard library* in the main Python distribution" Pep 8 contains many caveats and subtle points. I don't want to debate those :-) The mixture of camelCase and underscore_case does sometimes upset newbies, but I think most of us agree that we can't change names. PEP-8 goes on to say - "... code is read much more often than it is written. The guidelines provided here are intended to improve the readability of code and make it consistent across the wide spectrum of Python code. As PEP 20 <https://peps.python.org/pep-0020> says, “Readability counts”." And "In particular: do not break backwards compatibility just to comply with this PEP! Some other good reasons to ignore a particular guideline: 1. When applying the guideline would make the code less readable, even for someone who is used to reading code that follows this PEP. 2. To be consistent with surrounding code that also breaks it (maybe for historic reasons) – although this is also an opportunity to clean up someone else’s mess (in true XP style). 3. Because the code in question predates the introduction of the guideline and there is no other reason to be modifying that code. 4. When the code needs to remain compatible with older versions of Python that don’t support the feature recommended by the style guide." BTW, have you (anyone) tried the easter egg? import this -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/a93a7952-dfff-416a-8355-95d64293f8b6n%40googlegroups.com.
