PEP 8 should also gain some text encouraging the use of the logging module in code and describing the dummy.junk convention.
Index: pep-0008.txt =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/nondist/peps/pep-0008.txt,v retrieving revision 1.25 diff -c -r1.25 pep-0008.txt *** pep-0008.txt 6 Aug 2004 18:47:26 -0000 1.25 --- pep-0008.txt 7 Oct 2004 02:07:02 -0000 *************** *** 600,605 **** --- 600,608 ---- No: if greeting == True: Yes: if greeting: + - Use the print statement only where the user's objective is + to print. Use the logging method to deliver status information + to users on the fly. For more information, see PEP xxxx [6]. References *************** *** 614,619 **** --- 617,624 ---- [5] Barry's GNU Mailman style guide http://barry.warsaw.us/software/STYLEGUIDE.txt + [6] PEP xxxx, Guidelines for Logging Usage + Copyright