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[Python-Dev] pep8 reasoning

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Fri Apr 25 05:03:38 CEST 2014 
On Apr 25, 2014, at 12:00 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:

>Don't forget that PEP 8 is not the standard for the Python language,
>only the Python stdlib. Particularly, there's no strong reason to
>follow some of its lesser advices (eg spaces rather than tabs, the
>exact maximum line length) for new projects;

I'd say it depends.  If the code is going to be shared with people outside of
your organization (e.g. open source libraries), then there's a strong
motivation to be consistent throughout the community, which means PEP 8.

-Barry
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