[olug] ANN: Omaha Python Users Group Meeting, Aug 1 @ 7pm

Jay Hannah jay at jays.net
Wed Aug 1 00:18:08 UTC 2007


On Jul 30, 2007, at 10:48 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote:
> On 7/30/07, Sam Tetherow <tetherow at shwisp.net> wrote:
>> There is a big difference between should and must.
> Yes, there is.   Must is enforced by the interpreter/compiler, should
> is enforced by convention.
> Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. ;)
> With python, whitespace is not a should, it is a must.

Perl lets you choose.

You can clean dirty code if you want and/or you can enforce your own  
best practices automatically:

http://www252.pair.com/comdog/mastering_perl/Chapters/ 
07.cleaning_up_code.html

Cheers,

j
Omaha Perl Mongers:  http://omaha.pm.org





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