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[Python-Dev] Why does PEP 7/8 explicitly suggest 2 spaces after a period?

Bernardo Sulzbach mafagafogigante at gmail.com
Fri May 20 13:30:08 EDT 2016 
> On 05/20/2016 09:27 AM, Brett Cannon wrote:
>
> The period is a full-stop punctuation mark, but visually obscure [1].

It is small. This does not make it hard to notice, however. Not to 
mention that it will usually be followed by a capitalized letter, which 
further highlights it. Commas usually use more pixels or ink and the 
tiny size of the period makes it quite distinguishable to me.

This email-based "tennis" match could go on for quite a while as Guido 
pointed out and there are several good points for both sides. This is 
not a critic to the thread, which regarded PEP 7/8 and seems perfectly 
fine. This is also not a critic to Cannon's view on this.

Who is right in the end? ~One space defenders~ Nobody. There is no 
single right solution to this. As there is no single right decision 
regarding tabs or spaces~, except for spaces, always use spaces~. 
Consistency is what really matters (assuming we agree that one space is 
enough to make it visible).
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