On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 06:51 pm, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com>: > >> On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: >>> It doesn't really matter one way or another. The true WTF is that it's >>> been changed. >> >> Why? Was PEP 8 inscribed on stone tablets carried down from a mountain? > > In a way, yes. > > I don't follow PEP 8 to the tee; probably nobody does. However, I don't > see the point of turning truckloads of exemplary Python code into > truckloads of substandard Python code.
In Guido's own words: The update is already serving its real purpose: showing that style is debatable and cannot always easily be reduced to fixed rules. https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2016-April/144211.html GvR is not a fan of the automatic and compulsory application of PEP 8 conventions without thought, so I don't think he would agree with you that a change in the preferred style automatically and necessarily converts "exemplary Python code" into "substandard Python code". -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
