On Thu, 2022-10-13 at 11:44 +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > Hi Martin, > > On Thu, 13 Oct 2022, Martin Liška wrote: > > I think we should add how Python scripts should be formatted. I > > noticed > > that while reading the Modula-2 patchset where it follows the C/C++ > > style > > when it comes to Python files. > > good initiative, thank you! This makes sense to me, alas I'm not a > Python > hacker, so best wait to see what David and Gaius think, too?
I'm very much +1 on recommending PEP 8. My Python skills are bit-rotting somewhat, and I've not used flake8, but it seems a reasonable recommendation to me. > > > Some suggestions on the web side of things: > > > +<li><a href="#Python_Conventions">Python Language Conventions</a> > > Since the name of the page already is codingconventions.html, I > suggest > making this simply "#python" - shorter and simpler. :-) > > > +Python scripts should follow <a > > href="https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/";>PEP 8 – Style Guide for > > Python Code</a> > > +which can be verified by <a href="flake8.pycqa.org">flake8</a> > > tool. > > ...by the...tool. > > > +We do also recommend using the following <code>flake8</code> plug- > > ins: > > Here maybe simply say "We recommend using"? That's a much better wording. Dave > > Hope this helps, > Gerald
