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On Sat, Apr 16, 2016, 10:56 AM Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:

> Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>:
>
> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
> wrote:
> >> It doesn't really matter one way or another. The true WTF is that it's
> >> been changed.
> >
> > Why? Was PEP 8 inscribed on stone tablets carried down from a mountain?
>
> In a way, yes.
>
> I don't follow PEP 8 to the tee; probably nobody does. However, I don't
> see the point of turning truckloads of exemplary Python code into
> truckloads of substandard Python code.
>

A change to PEP 8 does not change the quality of any code. Many teams
follow their own, different styles.

>