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+# Coding Style Guide
+
+The purpose of this document is twofold:
+1) To ensure that anyone who might like to make my code better understands
+    why I write python the way I do
+2) to ensure *I* adhere to my own style because I'm terribly inconsistent
+
+Being terribly inconsistent, the guidelines are not set in stone and if
+you have a good argument for doing things a particular, I don't really care.
+
+*BUT* first and foremost, *code must comply with PEP8 first*. This is easy
+to automate. I like coala since it's friendly but there' plenty of advanced
+linters out there.
+
+That aside, I have the following idiosyncracies:
+
+## 1) *Strings* are *double-quoted*. *Keys* and *chars* are *single-quoted*.
+
+This is really just because I like how C does it. And Cpython's C-based so
+why not?
+
+Like so:
+
+```code
+string = "This is a phrase"
+word = "word"
+cur_char = 'a'
+newline = '\n' # note, two characters, but it's still ONE char out
+# keys are single-quoted to avoid confusion
+dictionary = { 'key'  "1245dqw3w431", 'return': newline }
+```
+
+The only exception is for strings with quotes in them (anything to avoid
+escapes, really)
+
+```code
+quoted_string = (
+    '"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretsky"'
+    ' - Michael Scott'
+)
+```
+
+That brings me to my next point.
+
+## 2) Long strings belong in parentheses
+
+As in:
+```code
+longboi = (
+    "This is a really long string usefull when making help menus. Be\n"
+    "sure to leave s space at the end of each line, or add a new line\n"
+    "when needed.\n\n"
+
+    "Try your best to keep formatting accurate like this."
+)
+```
+
+## 3) Tabs are four spaces and spaces are *ALWAYS* prefered to tabs
+
+Again, see PEP8.
+
+## 4) Always add spaces between arithmetic, but never for brackets
+
+It's a pain to read:
+
+```code
+1/(2*sqrt(pi))*exp(x**2)
+```
+
+Do this
+
+```code
+1 / (2 * sqrt(pi)) * exp(x ** 2)
+```
+
+The same goes for logic operators
+
+```code
+true & false ^ true
+```
+
+## 5) EVERYTHING should be snake_case
+
+This is python. Unless there's a compatibility thing (like a library's
+code was written that way, or it matches an API variable), snake_case
+is preferred.
+
+```code
+user_input = int(input()) # variable
+MAX_INPUT = 1000 # constant
+def judge_input(_input, _max): # function
+    if _max > _input:
+        print("Too big!")
+
+judge_input(user_input, MAX_INPUT
+class Input_Judger: # a class
+    # etc etc
+```
+
+Example exception:
+
+```code
+# this doesn't actually work, but you get the idea
+r = requests.get("www.debian.org")
+pageSize = r.json()['pageSize'] # camel case ok
+```
+