[Python-Dev] some minor questions about pep8

[Ian Lee]

Guido,

In that case would you be open to a patch to update the PEP accordingly?

Additionally, does that official statement cover other dunder assignments
(e.g. "__author__"?). If so I'll update the PEP8 tool accordingly.

Thanks,

~ Ian Lee
On Mar 20, 2015 8:55 PM, "Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote:

> FWIW, I think __version__, __author__ etc. were bad ideas. Almost nobody
> manages these correctly. Note that the PEP 8 section starts with less than
> an endorsement: "If you *have* to have Subversion, CVS, or RCS crud in
> your source file, do it as follows."
>
> That said, if an official answer is required, common sense would suggest
> that __version__ should go before the imports. (I would put it before the
> docstring too, except then the docstring wouldn't be a docstring any more.
> Go figure.)
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au>
> wrote:
>
>> Lewis Coates <lewisc at pdx.edu> writes:
>>
>> > In pep8 there are two conflicting statements, both
>> >
>> > https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#version-bookkeeping
>> > https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#imports
>> >
>> > Stipulate that they should be "at the top of the file after any module
>> > comments and docstrings." Which of these takes precedence?
>>
>> I don't know an official answer. The convention I've observed is
>> overwhelmingly in one direction: import statements come before any
>> assignment statements.
>>
>> > Secondly, we also have an "__author__", and "__project__" variables, I
>> > assume these would be put with the version information as well?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
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