Tim: I think you missed my point... As you say, the PEP8 style guide "is a starting point for new Python coders." That is precisely why it ought to be followed in sample code.
I normally format my function calls exactly the way you do, and I do so in open source code which I contribute to the community. That is not EXAMPLE code which also works, it is working code which might be used as an example: a subtle but important difference. -- Vernon Cole On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vernon Cole wrote: > >> Let's not loose track of the thread here. >> The question was whether there should be a space between the function name >> and the leading parenthesis, as: >> my_function (arg) >> vs: >> my_function(arg) >> >> PEP8 clearly requires the latter. >> > > PEP8 is a coding standard document for the Python standard library. > Nothing more. It is not a mandate for all Python code. I disagree with > several of the conventions in PEP8, although if I ever submit anything to > the standard library, I will reformat it to match. > > The key lesson in that PEP is that you should stick to SOME standard. It > need not be the same standard used by others. > > > IMHO any published example code, which is what we are talking about here, >> should follow the PEP8 style guide. >> > > No, that's going WAY too far. It is a mandate for the standard library, > and it is a starting point for new Python coders. > > > (Besides which I personally REALLY hate the extra space.) >> > > You are entitled to do so. I don't like it either, but I will certainly > defend TJG's right to write his code using his own standards. I, > personally, like Camel-cased names with an extra space inside the > parentheses, both of which are discouraged by PEP8: > > obj = myFunction( one, two ) > > -- > Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > python-win32 mailing list > python-win32@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 >
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