[Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 as a reliable platform?!?

[Philipp von Weitershausen]

Fred Drake wrote:
> On 9/5/06, Dieter Maurer <dieter at handshake.de> wrote:
>> When I remember right, then I read an important sentence in the
>> Python style guide -- something along the lines: "This is a guide:
>> you should follow it but there are occasions when you may not do so with
>> good reasons."
> 
> I don't know if this means you agree or not.
> 
> I don't think this paragraph really applies to this discussion.  Jim
> suggested that we change the Z3 style guide, and I'm suggesting that
> that's counter-productive.  Clearly, existing code isn't affected
> immediately, and APIs can't be changed anyway.

Jim suggested changing the style guide to match PEP008, but PEP008 also 
says that existing code should preferrably not be changed and that 
existing APIs should be kept consistent.

So, in the end, a new style guide would only apply to new packages or 
new APIs, which are mostly outside of the Zope 3 core nowadays anyways.

Philipp