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

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Thu Dec 15 16:25:33 CET 2005

On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 20:09 -0600, Ian Bicking wrote:

I think it's reasonable to loosen the phrasing a bit -- it's nearly always better to stay consistent with a package than follow PEP 8 on this point.

I agree, but actually I think there's a wider point to be made. The worst of all possible worlds is a module that is internally inconsistent about any of the guidelines. But I think the text in the introduction makes this point well enough. There should be one clear recommendation for new code, and since we've had this for four years now, I think the underline_words recommendation should stand.

-Barry

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