[Bf-taskforce25] Proposal to follow PEP8 for all python scripting for Blender 2.5

[Alberto Torres]

I think the blender editor could be changed to make it more
consistent: currently with the tab key, it generates a tab character.
In python, a tab == 8 spaces, while in the text editor, a tab == 4
spaces; so when you mix spaces and tabs, it wreaks havoc.

My proposal is to change the display of tabs in the editor to 8
spaces, and make the behaviour of the tab key configurable: either to
insert a tab character or insert 4 spaces.

Also, +1 for the proposal.

DiThi


2009/5/28 joe <joeedh at gmail.com>:
> +1 from me.  We can have a "styleguidelines.txt" or something in svn
> that can outline this for people.
>
> Joe
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Stani <spe.stani.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think Blender 2.5 is a good occasion to adopt the PEP8 Style Guide
>> for Python Code, which is widely spread in the Python community. This
>> will enhance the chance to make code more readable, make it more easy
>> to share code and to collaborate. The PEP8 is the result of many years
>> of very experienced Python coders (Guido et alii.) and I can garantuee
>> it is hard to compete with them ;-)
>>
>> This intention was already formulated in "Style and PEP-8" on
>> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/BlenderDev/Blender2.5/PythonAPI
>>
>> What I like to do is, make it official and even to encourage it for
>> anyone writing scripts in Blender. One of the important details of the
>> PEP8 is: "For new projects, spaces-only are strongly recommended over
>> tabs." (I think now both spaces and tabs are used, which will create
>> confusion in the end.) It might seem some trouble now to adopt to
>> this, but it will save much more trouble later.
>>
>> Can we vote on this issue and depending on the outcome make the switch?
>>
>> Stani
>>
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