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Fri May 20 12:46:09 EDT 2016 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2016-May/144677.html

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.

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