On Sat, 5 Sep 2015 at 12:58 Jim J. Jewett <jimjjew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> PEP 498 is only the latest PEP where part of the concern is fear that > it may encourage certain types of bad code. > > Would it be reasonable to ask PEPs to start including a section on any > recommended changes to PEP8? (e.g., "If an embedded expression > doesn't fit on a single line, factor it out to a named variable.") > > I realize that there will be times when best practices (or common > mistakes) aren't obvious in advance, but I'm a bit uncomfortable with > "PEP 8 will probably grow advice"... if we expect to need such advice, > then we should probably include it from the start. (PEP 8 is, after > all, only advice.) > I have no issue suggesting it, but I don't think it needs to be a rule either.
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