[Python-ideas] Evolution of Style Guides

[Barry Warsaw]

On Mar 18, 2015, at 09:58 AM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

>PEP 8 is a guideline for people to follow which results
>in readable code. It's not a the only such guideline. Many
>companies have their own which usually build on PEP 8 and then
>add some extra rules or modify PEP 8 rules.

Exactly.  Also PEP 8 is deliberately noncommittal about certain style points.
It shouldn't dot every t and cross every i <wink>.

Besides, PEP 8 was originally - and as its introduction still states -
intended for the coding conventions of the standard library, where consistency
is as important as it is lacking in practice. ;)  You're supposed to define
the coding standards for your own projects, and it's fine to include PEP 8 by
reference.  That's what we do for example with GNU Mailman (although it needs
an update).

Cheers,
-Barry
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