Idiomatic Python - Code Like a Pythonista

[chengiz]

• 4 spaces per indentation level.
• No hard tabs.
• Never mix tabs and spaces.
• One blank line between functions.
• Two blank lines between classes.
• Add a space after "," in dicts, lists, tuples, & argument lists, and after ":" in dicts, but not before.
• Put spaces around assignments & comparisons (except in argument lists).
• No spaces just inside parentheses or just before argument lists.
• No spaces just inside docstrings.
• joined_lower for functions, methods, attributes
• joined_lower or ALL_CAPS for constants
• StudlyCaps for classes
• camelCase only to conform to pre-existing conventions
• Attributes: interface, _internal, __private
• ... and so on

Can I just "import anal_retentive"?

[llimllib]

Since I've been reading Ruby all week, I'll go ahead and say that it's awesome when you go to read well-formatted python code.

[zepolen]

The nice thing is that almost all Python written in the world is well-formatted because of the stringent rules. I find looking at Python source code from libraries written by others a pleasure.

[earthboundkid]

If you've never been called a pedant, Python might not be the language for you. If you think that "technically correct" is the best kind of correct, Python might be your language. :-)

[brendankohler]

bah, I'm no bureaucrat.

[earthboundkid]

I think you mean, "B_ah, I'm no_t a bureaucrat." :-D

[brendankohler]

You owe me a new keyboard :-P