[Python-Dev] PEP 8 updates/clarifications (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Sat Dec 10 00:49:23 CET 2005

On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 17:19 -0600, Ian Bicking wrote:

I personally feel "cls" should be used for classmethods, and not elsewhere. Just like I wouldn't like someone using "self" outside of the first argument of instance methods. So class still would be a good spelling elsewhere.

Cool.

Do not indent subsequent lines in a triple-quoted string; you should consider the opening quote to be the left margin.

I don't understand exactly what you are saying here.

Just that I dislike:

def foo(): """Here is a triple quoted, multiline string

   Some people write the continuation lines starting
   in this column, but I don't like that.
"""

-Barry

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