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I'm searching for Python style guidelines

rui ruivaldo at gmail.com
Thu Jan 10 09:21:59 EST 2008 
Thanks Caleb. Really liked some points.

On Jan 10, 2008 11:20 AM, Caleb <a at b.c> wrote:
> MartinRinehart at gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Anything written somewhere that's thorough? Any code body that should
> > serve as a reference?
>
> 1. Don't use tabs (use spaces).
> 2. Study "import this"
> 3. Use lists and dictionaries as much as you possibly can
> 4. Use comprehensions and generators as much as you possibly can
> 5. Use the standard library for everything you possibly can
> 6. As much as you possibly can, when starting a new project, postpone
> setting up classes for everything (start with functions).  In some
> projects, you might never need the overhead at all.
>
> It will be difficult to go far wrong regarding style if you do a lot of
> what's in this list.  This list is not mine.  I jotted these points
> down, but this information is continually repeated by the actual wise
> people (not me) in this newsgroup.
>
> Caleb
>
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