On 27/09/2005, at 12:21 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: > Neil Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> The PEP system allows for the documentation of a convention as an >> "Informational PEP". Documenting conventions is useful. > > If the preferred method of doing something is > consistent enough that it can be codified as a convention in a PEP, it > should be implemented in the compiler, so it becomes a language > feature, not a convention.
Does this mean that you think that PEP 8 (Python Code Style Guide) should be enforced by the compiler? So that (e.g) lines that are too long just don't compile? I really doubt you'll find much agreement for this (the compiler should enforce it) position. The 'fewer conventions are better' position might enjoy more support, but doesn't strike me as particularly Pythonic (e.g. compare whitespace in Python and C). =Tony.Meyer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
