Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Antoon Pardon Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Guido sees the light: PEP 8 updated Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:07:50 +0200 Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <5711c1b3$0$1596$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <87shym6kpo.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <87h9f26ioa.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <1460809922.1918014.580580553.0AE05EE4@webmail.messagingengine.com> <878u0d7az5.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <86twix3mc5.fsf@rudin.co.uk> <87potlrfa1.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <57162DA6.7000509@rece.vub.ac.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de liBbnRm1d7GnXwHQlgcXngwOoxS/JZY2iDJteP7WLEHg== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.099 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.82; '*S*': 0.02; 'received:134': 0.05; 'subject:PEP': 0.07; 'bold': 0.09; 'distinction': 0.16; 'identifiers': 0.16; 'received:ac.be': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'there?': 0.16; 'programming': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'mathematical': 0.27; 'pep': 0.29; 'preserve': 0.29; 'received:be': 0.30; 'languages': 0.34; 'could': 0.35; 'unicode': 0.35; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; '(with': 0.38; 'difference': 0.38; 'why': 0.39; 'subject:the': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'skip:u 10': 0.61; 'black': 0.61; 'introduction': 0.63; 'differences': 0.66; 'letters': 0.67; 'distinguish': 0.84; 'pardon': 0.84; 'roman': 0.84; 'schreef': 0.84; 'invite': 0.98 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmUJAPcsFleGuA9G/2dsb2JhbABdhFQBvE6GDgKCCgEBAQEBAWaEaQEBBCNVEQsaAgUWCwICCQMCAQIBRRMIAoglq0mNJIRVAQEIAh58hSWES4ULgjSCVgEEmA6BVYw9iSyFZI8rYoNqiX0BAQE User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/38.7.0 In-Reply-To: <87potlrfa1.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: <57162DA6.7000509@rece.vub.ac.be> X-Mailman-Original-References: <5711c1b3$0$1596$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <87shym6kpo.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <87h9f26ioa.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <1460809922.1918014.580580553.0AE05EE4@webmail.messagingengine.com> <878u0d7az5.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <86twix3mc5.fsf@rudin.co.uk> <87potlrfa1.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:107318 Op 19-04-16 om 13:47 schreef Marko Rauhamaa: > Prehistoric programming languages considered uppercase/lowercase > differences insignificant variations. Most modern languages preserve the > distinction and in fact invite us to make a difference between: > > BLACK > Black > black > > Why stop there? > > We need a PEP to distinguish also between: > > - typefaces (Times New Roman vs Garamond) > > - weights (bold vs thin) > > - serifs (with or without) > > - sizes (8pt vs 11pt) > > - colors (goldenrod vs maroon) Well personnaly I would like the introduction of weights. So that reserved keywords are in bold and identifiers are thin. With unicode we could use the mathematical bold letters for reserved words. -- Antoon Pardon