* Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> [160920 11:48]: > On 9/20/2016 11:41 AM, Tim Johnson wrote: > > Not to confuse idiomatic code validation with pep8 validation > > Strictly speaking, there cannot be a mechanical PEP 8 validator, as any > mechanical checker violates the admonitions of the beginning sections > 'Introductions' and 'A Foolish Consistency is the Hobgoblin of Little > Minds'. For this reason, the core developers request the author of the > checker formerly known as 'pep8' to change its name, which he did. elpy uses flake8 https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/elpy/wiki/Configuration
> > Is there such a thing as a validator for _idiomatic_ code? > > What would such a thing do? Flag supposedly non-idiomatic code? Or mark > code recognized as 'idiomatic', with no implication either way about other > code? Why not? > > I have Knupp's "Writing Idiomatic Python" and have bookmarked some > > advisory websites that illustrate idiomatic style. > > Do they all agree on 'idiomatic'? Not likely, I would not expect them to. Thanks -- Tim http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
