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[Python-Dev] Why does PEP 7/8 explicitly suggest 2 spaces after a period?

[Python-Dev] Why does PEP 7/8 explicitly suggest 2 spaces after a period?Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri May 20 14:41:09 EDT 2016
Because Emacs. :-) I am going to mute this thread now.

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
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> On Fri, 20 May 2016 at 09:46 Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
>>
>> ALso, in case anyone reading this didn't realize, this is a classic
>> internet debate that has been going on for decades (just not on
>> python-dev). Just Google it.
>
>
> Yes, I don't mean to suggest we should change the two space specification to
> one-space, just why specify at all to that granularity of formatting?
>
> -Brett
>
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>> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Facundo Batista
>> <facundobatista at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Is there a specific reason for calling out two spaces in comments after
>> >> a
>> >> period(I realize it's probably for consistency, but I sure don't ever
>> >> think
>> >> about this when I write comment)? Otherwise who actually still writes
>> >> using
>> >> two spaces after punctuation? :)
>> >
>> > I couldn't find it in the reference but AFAIK is something that is
>> > also done in ReStructured Text.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > --
>> > .    Facundo
>> >
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>> --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)



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