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

[Philip Jenvey]

So is line breaks before or after operators <ducks>.

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Philip Jenvey

> On May 20, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> 
> ALso, in case anyone reading this didn't realize, this is a classic
> internet debate that has been going on for decades (just not on
> python-dev). Just Google it.
> 
> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Facundo Batista
> <facundobatista at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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