[Python-Dev] Why does PEP 7/8 explicitly suggest 2 spaces after a period?

[Facundo Batista]

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:

> Is there a specific reason for calling out two spaces in comments after a
> period(I realize it's probably for consistency, but I sure don't ever think
> about this when I write comment)? Otherwise who actually still writes using
> two spaces after punctuation? :)

I couldn't find it in the reference but AFAIK is something that is
also done in ReStructured Text.

Regards,

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