On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Aahz <a...@pythoncraft.com> wrote: > In comp.lang.python, there has been some discussion of the fact that > there are no guidelines in PEP 8 for constants: > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/ed964fe8ad6da7b7 > > Is there any sentiment that PEP 8 should be updated to reflect the common > usage of ALL_CAPS for constants?
It makes sense to codify this usage in PEP 8. I think it's by far the most common convention adopted by projects that set their own style guide based on PEP 8 with local additions. -- --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
