Welcome! I would just define a module level constant that uses a Unicode escape sequence. The code is self-documenting, and doesn’t require the runtime overhead of the chr function:
ZERO_WIDTH_SPACE = "\u200b" I personally don’t think this is a common/important enough case to be documented any further (it’s now here on the mailing list archives). PEP 8 is more of a style guide, not a design guide! Brandt > On Nov 10, 2019, at 06:33, Artemis <hollyshor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What should one do when one wants to put a zero width space or other > invisible character in code? > These are often not displayed in editors, which can lead to confusion. I see > two solutions: > - include it but add a comment noting it > - use the chr function to get the character (and add a comment saying what it > is) > Where should a guideline for this go (PEP 8?)? What should the guideline be > (one of these or something else?)? > > This is my first time contributing in any way to Python, please excuse me if > I've done it in the wrong place/format. > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/6XBJGGV6XTNN5CICTCI2457QDG2RASRF/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/ACGYL6Z5TM5U7TURHP7K225MTXAHCIEI/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
