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Wed Jan 21 19:48:59 CET 2009 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-January/085284.html

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:
> In comp.lang.python, there has been some discussion of the fact that
> there are no guidelines in PEP 8 for constants:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/ed964fe8ad6da7b7
>
> Is there any sentiment that PEP 8 should be updated to reflect the common
> usage of ALL_CAPS for constants?

It makes sense to codify this usage in PEP 8. I think it's by far the
most common convention adopted by projects that set their own style
guide based on PEP 8 with local additions.

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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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[Python-Dev] PEP 8 and constants