Because Emacs. :-) I am going to mute this thread now. On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > > > On Fri, 20 May 2016 at 09:46 Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: >> >> ALso, in case anyone reading this didn't realize, this is a classic >> internet debate that has been going on for decades (just not on >> python-dev). Just Google it. > > > Yes, I don't mean to suggest we should change the two space specification to > one-space, just why specify at all to that granularity of formatting? > > -Brett > >> >> >> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Facundo Batista >> <facundobati...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: >> > >> >> Is there a specific reason for calling out two spaces in comments after >> >> a >> >> period(I realize it's probably for consistency, but I sure don't ever >> >> think >> >> about this when I write comment)? Otherwise who actually still writes >> >> using >> >> two spaces after punctuation? :) >> > >> > I couldn't find it in the reference but AFAIK is something that is >> > also done in ReStructured Text. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > -- >> > . Facundo >> > >> > Blog: http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/plog/ >> > PyAr: http://www.python.org/ar/ >> > Twitter: @facundobatista >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Python-Dev mailing list >> > Python-Dev@python.org >> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev >> > Unsubscribe: >> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org >> >> >> >> -- >> --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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