Pro Python

Appendix A. PEP 8: Style Guide for Python

Authors: Guido van Rossum, Barry Warsaw

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.^[26].

This document was adapted from Guido's original Python Style Guide essay,^[27] with some additions from Barry's style guide.^[28] Where there's conflict, Guido's style rules for the purposes of this PEP. This PEP may still be incomplete (in fact, it may never be finished <wink>).

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