On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > On Apr 24, 2014 7:01 PM, "Chris Angelico" <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Allen Li <cyberdup...@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.
Hmm. There've been a good few conversations on python-list where people have been reminded that PEP 8 is *not* all that important for other projects (beyond that it's an already-written style guide - when you're starting a C project you can argue style guides for weeks, but when you start a Python project you can just say "PEP 8" and skip the bikeshedding), which I took to mean that it's on par with any other style guide; but looking at it the other way, it can be seen as a strong recommendation. I'm just not sure about the word "standard" there - to me a standard is something that you MUST follow, like RFCs for internet protocols. But that's just a matter of terminology, I guess. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
