On 12/14/05, Tony Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've pushed out a revised PEP 8 > > > > http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0008.html > > > > Please review and comment. > > Why does PEP 8 continually refer to one particular editor (Emacs)? > (There are even parts in the form "x is better because it works > better in Emacs", when surely it's actually the case that x is better > because it's better in the majority of editors.) > > ISTM that the PEP would be much simpler if it was completely editor- > agnostic, but perhaps there's some historical reasoning I'm not aware > of?
Historically many Python developers use Emacs. Barry & I still do. I think the best way to avoid editor wars is to pick one editor and stick with it. :-) -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
