PEP 8: The Style Guide for Python Code

This document gives coding conventions for the Python code comprising the standard library in the main Python distribution. Please see the companion informational PEP describing style guidelines for the C code in the C implementation of Python 1.

PEP 8: The Style Guide for Python Code PEP 8 — the Style Guide for Python Code This stylized presentation of the well-established PEP 8 was created by Kenneth Reitz (for humans). Introduction This document gives coding conventions for the Python code comprising the standard library in the main Python distribution. Please see the companion informational PEP describing style guidelines for the C code in the C implementation of Python 1 . This document and PEP 257 (Docstring Conventions) were adapted from Guido’s original Python Style Guide essay, with some additions from Barry’s style guide 2 .

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