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> From: Python-ideas <python-ideas-bounces+tritium-
> list=sdamon....@python.org> On Behalf Of Abe Dillon
> Sent: Friday, January 4, 2019 2:02 PM
> To: Python-Ideas <python-ideas@python.org>
> Subject: [Python-ideas] AMEND PEP-8 TO DISCOURAGE ALL CAPS
>
> I keep coming back to this great video <https://vimeo.com/74316116> about
> coding style, and one point in particular rings true to me:
> ALL_CAPS_IS_OBNOXIOUS
>
Then by all means, adopt some other convention for your own project's style
guides. PEP-8 is not some dictatorial decree from on high that all python be
written one way and one way only - heck, even the standard library ignores
PEP-8 when convenient, and the committers are loth to merge patches that only
correct style issues.
> It destroys the visual flow of code and for what? To signify a global,
> constant,
> or Enum? Is that really so important? I don't think so. I think the all caps
> style
> has out-lived its usefulness and needs to go the way of the dodo.
>
I disagree. They look fine to me, and don't break the flow of reading code for
me.
> The last time I saw all caps used appropriately was in a YouTube comment
> where some guy was ranting about the communist Jewish banker conspiracy
> to control the world. In that case, all caps clearly communicated to me that
> the person was a frothing lunatic (thought find the idea of communist
> bankers intriguing).
Last I looked, you could not create variables in YouTube comments, so I don't
see how that is germane.
>
> Currently PEP-8 prescribes all caps for constants
> <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#constants> and uses the all
> cap variable "FILES" as an example in a different section.
> <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#when-to-use-trailing-
> commas> It also appears to be the defacto-standard for enums (based on
> the documentation <https://docs.python.org/3/library/enum.html#creating-
> an-enum> )
>
> I don't think it's necessary to make any breaking changes. Just pep-8 and (of
> less importance) spurious documentation examples.
Again, you are free to use whatever style guide you choose - an act which in
itself is compliant with PEP-8.
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