On 10/13/22 19:16, David Malcolm wrote: > On Thu, 2022-10-13 at 11:44 +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: >> Hi Martin, >> >> On Thu, 13 Oct 2022, Martin Liška wrote: >>> I think we should add how Python scripts should be formatted. I >>> noticed >>> that while reading the Modula-2 patchset where it follows the C/C++ >>> style >>> when it comes to Python files. >> >> good initiative, thank you! This makes sense to me, alas I'm not a >> Python >> hacker, so best wait to see what David and Gaius think, too? > > I'm very much +1 on recommending PEP 8. > > My Python skills are bit-rotting somewhat, and I've not used flake8, > but it seems a reasonable recommendation to me.
All right, let me install my initial patch with the improved wording. Cheers, Martin > >> >> >> Some suggestions on the web side of things: >> >>> +<li><a href="#Python_Conventions">Python Language Conventions</a> >> >> Since the name of the page already is codingconventions.html, I >> suggest >> making this simply "#python" - shorter and simpler. :-) >> >>> +Python scripts should follow <a >>> href="https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/";>PEP 8 – Style Guide for >>> Python Code</a> >>> +which can be verified by <a href="flake8.pycqa.org">flake8</a> >>> tool. >> >> ...by the...tool. >> >>> +We do also recommend using the following <code>flake8</code> plug- >>> ins: >> >> Here maybe simply say "We recommend using"? > > That's a much better wording. > > Dave > >> >> Hope this helps, >> Gerald >
