[Chicago] Python Code Beautifiers

[Garrett Smith]

"'Free' as in free scotch"??

That just might stick!


----- "Kumar McMillan" <kumar.mcmillan at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Samir Faci <spam at esamir.com> wrote:
> > hmmmm, is he?  That really is good to know, though the next question
> is...
> > is he scriptable?   can kumar be executed as a cron job given beer
> is piped
> > in as stdin.   :P
> 
> might work with scotch or whiskey
> 
> >
> > I was gonna answer to that email, but that reply is probably gonna
> be a bit
> > more long winded, I'll send that out when I get home.
> >
> > Okay, pylint is very sweet.  I like the output and all the details,
> but
> > unless I'm missing something, it's simply a code analyzer, it
> doesn't
> > actually modify the code.
> > I was looking for something that given a certain config would alter
> or
> > generate a copy of my code with the modification passed in via the
> config
> > file.  I believe both PyChecker and pylint are just a validation
> tool to
> > ensure that your code is decent.
> > --
> > Samir
> >
> >
> > Garrett Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> Samir,
> >>
> >> I agree with Kumar -- *he* is an excellent code beautifier. I
> believe he
> >> is available under one of the "free beer" licenses.
> >>
> >> Cheers!
> >>
> >> ----- "Kumar McMillan" <kumar.mcmillan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Hi Samir.
> >>>
> >>> while beautifiers are important for C-like languages (java, php,
> >>> perl,
> >>> etc) I think you'll find that after working in Python they are not
> so
> >>> important.  This is mainly because indentation is forced upon you.
> In
> >>> my experience, using a code formatter is important when rogue
> editors
> >>> mess up indentation (some emacs modes do this).  Since this
> results
> >>> in
> >>> an immediate syntax error in python, it's not something to worry
> >>> about.
> >>>
> >>> Using a beautifier is also important when there is a lack of
> >>> discipline on a team but obviously then you have a bigger problem.
> If
> >>> you are on a team where you feel the need to run everything
> through a
> >>> code formatter I'd suggest instead to try requiring code reviews
> >>> before a developer can check in his/her code to trunk.
> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_review
> >>> A quick code review will often catch most formatting mistakes
> (and
> >>> laziness, like lines greater than 80 chars).  A code review is
> also a
> >>> psychological device that makes devs try harder to make things
> >>> readable by other devs :)
> >>>
> >>> It also helps a team to agree on some conventions for your team
> to
> >>> follow.  I.E. http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Samir Faci
> <samir.list at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello everyone,
> >>>>
> >>>>   I've been sort of lurking around for a while, and just started
> to
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> get a
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> bit more active with python.  Now, I know that python is just
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> beautiful and
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> we all love how pretty it looks, especially compared to some
> other
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> languages
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> *cough* perl *cough*.  That being said, I was wondering if
> anyone
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> knew of
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> any code beautifiers for python.
> >>>>
> >>>> The ones I've been able to find have limited functionality.  ie
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> reindent.py
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> to fix your tabbing, and PythonTidy which I think may do what I
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> want, but
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> for some reason has no config file, aside from editing the .py
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> file.
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Just looking for something like uncrustify for c++/java, where I
> can
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> specify
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> a format, as far as how I want my function definitions to look
> like,
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> my if,
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> else, etc to look like and allow my beautifier to traverse a list
> of
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> .py
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> files and generate a prettier version of the .py file.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any suggestions would be appreciated, if anyone has used any.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Samir
> >>>>
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