coding conventions, PEP vs. practice

[Robert Kern]

Roman Roelofsen wrote:
> Dear python-list,
> 
> while looking for some coding conventions for python programs, i found the 
> PEP8 at http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0008.html. It defines the rules very 
> well and leaves no space for interpretations. I guess thats a good thing :-) 
> But when i started playing a bit with python and frameworks like Zope, 
> Webworks, etc., i noticed, that a lot frameworks are using a different 
> convention for methodnames. 

Note the first sentence of the PEP: "This document gives coding 
conventions for the Python code comprising the standard library for the 
main Python distribution."

It is not intended to be a style guide for all Python code although many 
groups do adopt all or part of it for their own style guides.

-- 
Robert Kern
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