[SciPy-dev] Re: [Scipy-cvs] world/chaco properties.py,1.10,1.11

[David C. Morrill]

> Putting on my "soup nazi" hat:
>
> dmorrill at ActiveState.com wrote:
>
> >      def __init__ ( self, default_value, *value_type, **keywords ):
> > !        setter = None
> > !        isDelegate    = isinstance( default_value, PropertyDelegate )
> >          if isDelegate:
> >             getter        = default_value
> > --- 234,239 ----
> >
> >      def __init__ ( self, default_value, *value_type, **keywords ):
> > !        setter     = None
> > !        isDelegate = isinstance( default_value, PropertyDelegate )
>
> Note that this kind of alignment is expressly argued against in PEP 8
> (http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0008.html)
>
> It is inherently harder to maintain, and causes larger (hencer harder to
read)
> CVS diffs than necessary (such as this one).
>
> Another style quibble:  some files at least use 3-space indents.  Is that
on
> purpose?  I (and PEP 8) strongly recommend 4-space indents.  If it's not
on
> purpose, I don't mind doing the cleanup when I see such a file.

Sigh. I don't suppose it's allowed to disagree with a PEP is it? All I can
say is that the code follows a style that I personally am very comfortable
with and prefer, and so, yes, it is done on purpose.

Regards,
David C. Morrill