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authorMalcolm Tredinnick <malcolm.tredinnick@gmail.com>2007-10-20 10:41:56 +0000
committerMalcolm Tredinnick <malcolm.tredinnick@gmail.com>2007-10-20 10:41:56 +0000
commit233d76cf2587f9b95e34cdf0e5c7a50aa99b416a (patch)
tree92808d032333a0171aabbb0a592909544ab5ee0a /docs
parent2f17153c0271b5bd421a3975e1b21c98b7912355 (diff)
Fixed #5601 -- Point out the existence of pep8.py for people wanting some extra
help checking for consistency. Thanks, simeon. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@6560 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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diff --git a/docs/contributing.txt b/docs/contributing.txt
index 3200a87012..a842f4477a 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.txt
+++ b/docs/contributing.txt
@@ -335,6 +335,10 @@ Please follow these coding standards when writing code for inclusion in Django:
* Unless otherwise specified, follow `PEP 8`_.
+ You could use a tool like `pep8.py`_ to check for some problems in this
+ area, but remember that PEP 8 is only a guide, so respect the style of
+ the surrounding code as a primary goal.
+
* Use four spaces for indentation.
* Use underscores, not camelCase, for variable, function and method names
@@ -924,5 +928,6 @@ requests for commit access are potential flame-war starters, and will be ignored
.. _`#django`: irc://irc.freenode.net/django
.. _list of tickets with patches: http://code.djangoproject.com/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&has_patch=1&order=priority
.. _PEP 8: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0008.html
+.. _pep8.py: http://svn.browsershots.org/trunk/devtools/pep8/pep8.py
.. _i18n branch: http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/branches/i18n
.. _`tags/releases`: http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/tags/releases