[Python-Dev] pep8 reasoning

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri Apr 25 05:28:27 CEST 2014


On Apr 24, 2014 7:01 PM, "Chris Angelico" <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Allen Li <cyberdupo56 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2) If you're starting a new project, follow PEP8 (or the standards for
> >    the language you're using) to preserve CONSISTENCY.
>
> Don't forget that PEP 8 is not the standard for the Python language,
> only the Python stdlib.

That is not true. It is mandatory for the stdlib, for other projects it is
optional,  but still recommend.
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