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Coding Style for the Py lib and friendly applications
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.. contents::
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.. sectnum::
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Honour PEP 8: Style Guide for Python Code
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First of all, if you haven't already read it, read the `PEP 8
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Style Guide for Python Code`_ which, if in doubt, serves as
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the default coding-style for the py lib.
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Documentation and Testing
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- generally we want to drive and interweave coding of
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documentation, tests and real code as much as possible.
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Without good documentation others may never know about
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your latest and greatest feature.
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naming
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------
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- directories, modules and namespaces are always **lowercase**
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- classes and especially Exceptions are most often **CamelCase**
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- types, i.e. very widely usable classes like the ``py.path``
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family are all lower case.
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- never use plural names in directory and file names
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- functions/methods are lowercase and ``_`` - separated if
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you really need to separate at all
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- it's appreciated if you manage to name files in a directory
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so that tab-completion on the shell level is as easy as possible.
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committing
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----------
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- adding features requires adding appropriate tests.
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- bug fixes should be encoded in a test before being fixed.
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- write telling log messages because several people
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will read your diffs, and we plan to have a search facility
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over the py lib's subversion repository.
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- if you add ``.txt`` or ``.py`` files to the repository then
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please make sure you have ``svn:eol-style`` set to native.
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which allows checkin/checkout in native line-ending format.
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Miscellaneous
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- Tests are the insurance that your code will be maintained
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further and survives major releases.
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- Try to put the tests close to the tested code, don't
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overload directories with names.
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- If you think of exporting new py lib APIs, discuss it first on the
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`py-dev mailing list`_ and possibly write a chapter in our
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`future_` book. Communication is considered a key here to make
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sure that the py lib develops in a consistent way.
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.. _`PEP 8 Style Guide for Python Code`: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0008.html
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.. _`py-dev mailing list`: http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/py-dev
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.. _`future`: future.html
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