[Qgis-developer] Python plugins style guide

[Stefan Keller]

My recommendation is:

1. Be consistent using whatever style.
2. I would prefer Python style (PEP), since Python is read by Python
programmers and has it's own block style.

Yours, S.

2010/12/26 Ricardo Filipe Soares Garcia da <ricardo.garcia.silva at gmail.com>:
> Hi list
>
> I have been working with Luiz Motta in the 'Custom db query' plugin
> and we came about the dilemma of how to best format our Python code.
>
> Looking around the QGIS wiki, we found the developers manual [1] and
> read through the coding guidelines, but the rules defined in it are
> for C++ programming and for QGIS core. We couldn't find anything
> related to Python and plugins.
>
> Has this been debated in the past? Is there a recommended style for
> formatting Python code in QGIS plugins?
> I usually follow the recommendation in the PEP8 [2], the official
> style guide for Python. But Luiz argues (a valid point I guess) that
> if we were to follow the C++ standard it would be more consistent with
> the rest of the code.
>
> I guess we are in a state where I have my opinion, he has his own, and
> we'd like to reach a consensus by surveying your thoughts on this
> subject. Also it seems like a good idea to raise this issue now, with
> the upcoming possibility of having multiple people collaborating on
> plugins.
>
> Thanks
>
> [1] - http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Developers_Manual
> [2] - http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
>
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