Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Tim Chase Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Guido sees the light: PEP 8 updated Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 08:17:08 -0500 Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <5711c1b3$0$1596$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <87h9f26ioa.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <1460809922.1918014.580580553.0AE05EE4@webmail.messagingengine.com> <878u0d7az5.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <93639142-6b82-4b8a-8bd0-7f4593e1f692@googlegroups.com> <87wpnuqat0.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <39d27a77-fa74-4d63-b1b6-d612c3905bd4@googlegroups.com> <20160419081708.56aeed8d@bigbox.christie.dr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de +Q67ChAP6j4LWPCLc8QjcglNucIpPQHjwgOV+PPf98Mw== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'formatting': 0.07; 'subject:PEP': 0.07; '"if': 0.09; 'portable': 0.09; 'proprietary.': 0.09; '(heck,': 0.16; '-tkc': 0.16; 'from:addr:python.list': 0.16; 'from:addr:tim.thechases.com': 0.16; 'from:name:tim chase': 0.16; 'received:10.122': 0.16; 'received:10.21': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'not,': 0.22; 'saying': 0.22; 'consistent': 0.23; 'proprietary': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; "they'll": 0.29; 'code': 0.30; 'except': 0.34; 'trouble': 0.35; 'formats': 0.35; 'should': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'received:10': 0.37; 'being': 0.37; 'charset :us-ascii': 0.37; 'no,': 0.38; 'subject:the': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'still': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'received:46': 0.63; 'dont': 0.64; 'between': 0.65 X-Sender-Id: wwwh|x-authuser|tim@thechases.com X-Sender-Id: wwwh|x-authuser|tim@thechases.com X-MC-Relay: Neutral X-MailChannels-SenderId: wwwh|x-authuser|tim@thechases.com X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: wwwh X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1461072042692:2961977625 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1461072042692 In-Reply-To: <39d27a77-fa74-4d63-b1b6-d612c3905bd4@googlegroups.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Importance: low X-Priority: 4 (Low) X-AuthUser: tim@thechases.com 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: <20160419081708.56aeed8d@bigbox.christie.dr> X-Mailman-Original-References: <5711c1b3$0$1596$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <87h9f26ioa.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <1460809922.1918014.580580553.0AE05EE4@webmail.messagingengine.com> <878u0d7az5.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <93639142-6b82-4b8a-8bd0-7f4593e1f692@googlegroups.com> <87wpnuqat0.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <39d27a77-fa74-4d63-b1b6-d612c3905bd4@googlegroups.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:107326 On 2016-04-19 04:37, Rustom Mody wrote: > > No, they will not, because they'll make your code proprietary. > > Pragmatically yes; theoretically no because its like saying > "If one dont want to get locked down to MSWord proprietary tools > and formats one should use latex" > Refuted by the fact that libreoffice and odf etc are free/open Except that I still regularly have trouble with consistent formatting being portable between LO/OO.o/MSWord (heck, I still have trouble with MS Word not being consistent between versions). -tkc