On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 12:10:38AM -0600, boB Stepp wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 03:17:58PM -0600, boB Stepp hid the following
> > question in the subject line:
> >
> > "Does the Python way of doing things have a definite preference f
On 23/01/15 06:10, boB Stepp wrote:
As far as version control, I consider it *absolutely essential* for
anyone who is serious about programming professionalism.
stated direction, but finding time to become proficient in such a tool
in the midst of all the other things I am trying to absorb is
On 23/01/15 07:02, Ben Finney wrote:
An example::
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# foo/frob.py
# Part of FooBar, a garden gnome decoration library.
#
# Copyright © 2011–2015 Ben Finney
#
# This is free software: you may copy, modify, and/or distribute this work
Ben Finney writes:
> I would consider it good practice to have a copyright statement and a
> grant of license at the top; a handful of lines should suffice.
> […]
> But none of that belongs in the docstring.
>
> […]
> There is PEP 257 https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/> which
> defines the
boB Stepp writes:
> Does the Python way of doing things have a definite preference for the
> structure and content of program file header comments?
To my knowledge, the term “program file header comments” for Python
would best describe a module docstring; not a comment, but documentation
https:/
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 03:17:58PM -0600, boB Stepp hid the following
> question in the subject line:
>
> "Does the Python way of doing things have a definite preference for the
> structure and content of program file header comments?"
>
>
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> boB Stepp writes:
>
>> And […]
>
> Could you write a message body that asks the question? (The Subject
> field isn't part of the message body.)
Does the Python way of doing things have a definite preference for the
structure and content of pro
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 03:17:58PM -0600, boB Stepp hid the following
question in the subject line:
"Does the Python way of doing things have a definite preference for the
structure and content of program file header comments?"
and then wrote:
> And will this vary depending on whether a versio
boB Stepp writes:
> And […]
Could you write a message body that asks the question? (The Subject
field isn't part of the message body.)
As it is, I'm not sure what in particular you're asking about.
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On 22/01/15 21:17, boB Stepp wrote:
And will this vary depending on whether a version control system is
being used or not? Or is the use of a version control system
considered to be highly recommended (if not mandatory)?
Virtually nothing in Python is mandatory - unless you plan on putting
you
And will this vary depending on whether a version control system is
being used or not? Or is the use of a version control system
considered to be highly recommended (if not mandatory)?
--
boB
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