[Bf-committers] (re) proposal for pep8 for blender scripts

Chris Want cwant at ualberta.ca
Thu Oct 29 20:21:36 CET 2009


Brecht Van Lommel wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-10-29 at 09:49 -0600, Chris Want wrote:
>> Basically, I think we should strive for full PEP8 adoption,
>> or why bother? As the PEP8 document says "A Foolish Consistency
>> is the Hobgoblin of Little Minds".
> 
> I interpreted that quote (and the paragraphs following it) as opposite
> to your argument :), i.e. following consistency rules too closely is
> not ideal either, readability is more important than consistency. But
> if a lot of people still use 80 line wide terminals, then I guess
> that's a good argument in favor of limiting the line width to that.

Hrmff, yeah, I guess you're probably right (I had equated "foolish
consistency" with "partial consistency"). Ah well, I guess I've got
my share of hobgoblins ...

Regards,
Chris


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