On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Casey Duncan
<casey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Consistency within your own code is probably most important. But if you are writing a library that you expect other people to use, following the pep 8 guidelines is a very good idea. Conventions like these, however arbitrary, make it much easier for others to understand and use your code. And this can be leveraged for purely selfish reasons as well, it's a lot easier for people to help you fix problems with your code if it's easy for them to understand.
I completely agree.
Of course, as I've never really used a debugger, I believe I know python very well--the only problems I really need help with are those using other modules, like PyOpenGL and PyGame (I'm pretty good with both currently though).
All excuses, of course--I really should be using the convention for clarity. I've just learned it this way and I don't really care to unlearn it.
Ian