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Hi Michael, and welcome! On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 11:37:33AM +0100, Michael wrote:
I am not questioning the demands of the lint checker - rather - I am offering my services (aka time) to work through core to make CPython pass it's own (I assume) PEP recommendations or guidelines.
That would create a lot of code churn for no good reason. The CPython project doesn't encourage making style changes just for the sake of changing the style. The most important part of PEP 8 is this: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#a-foolish-consistency-is-the-hobgo... Going through the entire stdlib creating bug reports for style issues is not a productive use of anyone's time. There are large numbers of open bug reports and documentation issues that are far more important. Regarding strings, PEP 8 doesn't recommend either single quotes or double quotes for the std lib, except that doc strings should use triple double-quotes. Each project or even each module is free to choose its own rules. https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#string-quotes -- Steven