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} /* Operator */ @@ -74,6 +215,7 @@ code span.va { color: #19177c; } /* Variable */ code span.vs { color: #4070a0; } /* VerbatimString */ code span.wa { color: #60a0b0; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } /* Warning */ + .display.math{display: block; text-align: center; margin: 0.5rem auto;} </style> </head> <body> @@ -82,78 +224,128 @@ <ul> <li><a href="#coding-style-guide">Coding Style Guide</a> <ul> -<li><a href="#strings-are-double-quoted.-keys-and-chars-are-single-quoted.">1) <em>Strings</em> are <em>double-quoted</em>. <em>Keys</em> and <em>chars</em> are <em>single-quoted</em>.</a></li> -<li><a href="#long-strings-belong-in-parentheses">2) Long strings belong in parentheses</a></li> -<li><a href="#tabs-are-four-spaces-and-spaces-are-always-preferred-to-tabs">3) Tabs are four spaces and spaces are <em>ALWAYS</em> preferred to tabs</a></li> -<li><a href="#always-add-spaces-between-arithmetic-but-never-for-brackets">4) Always add spaces between arithmetic, but never for brackets</a></li> -<li><a href="#everything-should-be-snake_case">5) EVERYTHING should be snake_case</a></li> -<li><a href="#if-its-over-100-lines-you-probably-need-a-new-file-and-a-class">6) If it's over 100 lines, you probably need a new file (and a class)</a></li> +<li><a +href="#strings-are-double-quoted.-keys-and-chars-are-single-quoted.">1) +<em>Strings</em> are <em>double-quoted</em>. <em>Keys</em> and +<em>chars</em> are <em>single-quoted</em>.</a></li> +<li><a href="#long-strings-belong-in-parentheses">2) Long strings belong +in parentheses</a></li> +<li><a +href="#tabs-are-four-spaces-and-spaces-are-always-preferred-to-tabs">3) +Tabs are four spaces and spaces are <em>ALWAYS</em> preferred to +tabs</a></li> +<li><a +href="#always-add-spaces-between-arithmetic-but-never-for-brackets">4) +Always add spaces between arithmetic, but never for brackets</a></li> +<li><a href="#everything-should-be-snake_case">5) EVERYTHING should be +snake_case</a></li> +<li><a +href="#if-its-over-100-lines-you-probably-need-a-new-file-and-a-class">6) +If it's over 100 lines, you probably need a new file (and a +class)</a></li> </ul></li> </ul> </nav> <h1 id="coding-style-guide">Coding Style Guide</h1> <p>The purpose of this document is twofold:</p> <ol type="1"> -<li>To ensure that anyone who might like to make my code better understands why I write python the way I do</li> -<li>To ensure <em>I</em> adhere to my own style because I'm terribly inconsistent</li> +<li>To ensure that anyone who might like to make my code better +understands why I write python the way I do</li> +<li>To ensure <em>I</em> adhere to my own style because I'm terribly +inconsistent</li> </ol> -<p>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.</p> -<p><em>BUT</em> first and foremost, <em>code must comply with PEP8 first</em>. This is easy to automate. I like <a href="https://pypi.org/project/black/">black</a> since it's easy to use but there' plenty of advanced linters out there.</p> -<p>I usually invoke it like this to turn off forcing double quotes and force the line length to 72:</p> -<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode bash"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="ex">black</span> -S -l 72 file.py</span></code></pre></div> +<p>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.</p> +<p><em>BUT</em> first and foremost, <em>code must comply with PEP8 +first</em>. This is easy to automate. I like <a +href="https://pypi.org/project/black/">black</a> since it's easy to use +but there' plenty of advanced linters out there.</p> +<p>I usually invoke it like this to turn off forcing double quotes and +force the line length to 72:</p> +<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre +class="sourceCode bash"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">black</span> <span class="at">-S</span> <span class="at">-l</span> 72 file.py</span></code></pre></div> <p>That aside, I have the following idiosyncracies:</p> -<h2 id="strings-are-double-quoted.-keys-and-chars-are-single-quoted.">1) <em>Strings</em> are <em>double-quoted</em>. <em>Keys</em> and <em>chars</em> are <em>single-quoted</em>.</h2> -<p>This is really just because I like how C does it. And Cpython's C-based so why not?</p> +<h2 id="strings-are-double-quoted.-keys-and-chars-are-single-quoted.">1) +<em>Strings</em> are <em>double-quoted</em>. <em>Keys</em> and +<em>chars</em> are <em>single-quoted</em>.</h2> +<p>This is really just because I like how C does it. And Cpython's +C-based so why not?</p> <p>Like so:</p> -<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true"></a>string <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"This is a phrase"</span></span> -<span id="cb2-2"><a href="#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true"></a>word <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"word"</span></span> -<span id="cb2-3"><a href="#cb2-3" aria-hidden="true"></a>cur_char <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">'a'</span></span> -<span id="cb2-4"><a href="#cb2-4" aria-hidden="true"></a>newline <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">'</span><span class="ch">\n</span><span class="st">'</span> <span class="co"># note, two characters, but it's still ONE char out</span></span> -<span id="cb2-5"><a href="#cb2-5" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="co"># keys are single-quoted to avoid confusion</span></span> -<span id="cb2-6"><a href="#cb2-6" aria-hidden="true"></a>dictionary <span class="op">=</span> { <span class="st">'key'</span> <span class="st">"1245dqw3w431"</span>, <span class="st">'return'</span>: newline }</span></code></pre></div> -<p>The only exception is for strings with quotes in them (anything to avoid escapes, really)</p> -<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true"></a>quoted_string <span class="op">=</span> (</span> -<span id="cb3-2"><a href="#cb3-2" aria-hidden="true"></a> <span class="st">'"You miss 100</span><span class="sc">% o</span><span class="st">f the shots you don'</span>t take <span class="op">-</span> Wayne Gretsky<span class="st">"'</span></span> -<span id="cb3-3"><a href="#cb3-3" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="st"> ' - Michael Scott'</span></span> -<span id="cb3-4"><a href="#cb3-4" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="st">)</span></span></code></pre></div> +<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre +class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>string <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"This is a phrase"</span></span> +<span id="cb2-2"><a href="#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>word <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"word"</span></span> +<span id="cb2-3"><a href="#cb2-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>cur_char <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">'a'</span></span> +<span id="cb2-4"><a href="#cb2-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>newline <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">'</span><span class="ch">\n</span><span class="st">'</span> <span class="co"># note, two characters, but it's still ONE char out</span></span> +<span id="cb2-5"><a href="#cb2-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># keys are single-quoted to avoid confusion</span></span> +<span id="cb2-6"><a href="#cb2-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>dictionary <span class="op">=</span> { <span class="st">'key'</span> <span class="st">"1245dqw3w431"</span>, <span class="st">'return'</span>: newline }</span></code></pre></div> +<p>The only exception is for strings with quotes in them (anything to +avoid escapes, really)</p> +<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre +class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>quoted_string <span class="op">=</span> (</span> +<span id="cb3-2"><a href="#cb3-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="st">'"You miss 100</span><span class="sc">% o</span><span class="st">f the shots you don'</span>t take <span class="op">-</span> Wayne Gretsky<span class="st">"'</span></span> +<span id="cb3-3"><a href="#cb3-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="er"> ' - Michael Scott'</span></span> +<span id="cb3-4"><a href="#cb3-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="er">)</span></span></code></pre></div> <p>That brings me to my next point.</p> -<h2 id="long-strings-belong-in-parentheses">2) Long strings belong in parentheses</h2> +<h2 id="long-strings-belong-in-parentheses">2) Long strings belong in +parentheses</h2> <p>As in:</p> -<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true"></a>longboi <span class="op">=</span> (</span> -<span id="cb4-2"><a href="#cb4-2" aria-hidden="true"></a> <span class="st">"This is a really long string usefull when making help menus. Be</span><span class="ch">\n</span><span class="st">"</span></span> -<span id="cb4-3"><a href="#cb4-3" aria-hidden="true"></a> <span class="st">"sure to leave s space at the end of each line, or add a new line</span><span class="ch">\n</span><span class="st">"</span></span> -<span id="cb4-4"><a href="#cb4-4" aria-hidden="true"></a> <span class="st">"when needed.</span><span class="ch">\n\n</span><span class="st">"</span></span> -<span id="cb4-5"><a href="#cb4-5" aria-hidden="true"></a></span> -<span id="cb4-6"><a href="#cb4-6" aria-hidden="true"></a> <span class="st">"Try your best to keep formatting accurate like this."</span></span> -<span id="cb4-7"><a href="#cb4-7" aria-hidden="true"></a>)</span></code></pre></div> -<h2 id="tabs-are-four-spaces-and-spaces-are-always-preferred-to-tabs">3) Tabs are four spaces and spaces are <em>ALWAYS</em> preferred to tabs</h2> +<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre +class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>longboi <span class="op">=</span> (</span> +<span id="cb4-2"><a href="#cb4-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="st">"This is a really long string usefull when making help menus. Be</span><span class="ch">\n</span><span class="st">"</span></span> +<span id="cb4-3"><a href="#cb4-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="st">"sure to leave s space at the end of each line, or add a new line</span><span class="ch">\n</span><span class="st">"</span></span> +<span id="cb4-4"><a href="#cb4-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="st">"when needed.</span><span class="ch">\n\n</span><span class="st">"</span></span> +<span id="cb4-5"><a href="#cb4-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> +<span id="cb4-6"><a href="#cb4-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="st">"Try your best to keep formatting accurate like this."</span></span> +<span id="cb4-7"><a href="#cb4-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>)</span></code></pre></div> +<h2 id="tabs-are-four-spaces-and-spaces-are-always-preferred-to-tabs">3) +Tabs are four spaces and spaces are <em>ALWAYS</em> preferred to +tabs</h2> <p>Again, see PEP8.</p> -<h2 id="always-add-spaces-between-arithmetic-but-never-for-brackets">4) Always add spaces between arithmetic, but never for brackets</h2> +<h2 id="always-add-spaces-between-arithmetic-but-never-for-brackets">4) +Always add spaces between arithmetic, but never for brackets</h2> <p>It's a pain to read:</p> -<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="dv">1</span><span class="op">/</span>(<span class="dv">2</span><span class="op">*</span>sqrt(pi))<span class="op">*</span>exp(x<span class="op">**</span><span class="dv">2</span>)</span></code></pre></div> +<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre +class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="dv">1</span><span class="op">/</span>(<span class="dv">2</span><span class="op">*</span>sqrt(pi))<span class="op">*</span>exp(x<span class="op">**</span><span class="dv">2</span>)</span></code></pre></div> <p>Do this</p> -<div class="sourceCode" id="cb6"><pre class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb6-1"><a href="#cb6-1" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="dv">1</span> <span class="op">/</span> (<span class="dv">2</span> <span class="op">*</span> sqrt(pi)) <span class="op">*</span> exp(x <span class="op">**</span> <span class="dv">2</span>)</span></code></pre></div> +<div class="sourceCode" id="cb6"><pre +class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb6-1"><a href="#cb6-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="dv">1</span> <span class="op">/</span> (<span class="dv">2</span> <span class="op">*</span> sqrt(pi)) <span class="op">*</span> exp(x <span class="op">**</span> <span class="dv">2</span>)</span></code></pre></div> <p>The same goes for logic operators</p> -<div class="sourceCode" id="cb7"><pre class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb7-1"><a href="#cb7-1" aria-hidden="true"></a>true <span class="op">&</span> false <span class="op">^</span> true</span></code></pre></div> -<h2 id="everything-should-be-snake_case">5) EVERYTHING should be snake_case</h2> -<p>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.</p> -<div class="sourceCode" id="cb8"><pre class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb8-1"><a href="#cb8-1" aria-hidden="true"></a>user_input <span class="op">=</span> <span class="bu">int</span>(<span class="bu">input</span>()) <span class="co"># variable</span></span> -<span id="cb8-2"><a href="#cb8-2" aria-hidden="true"></a>MAX_INPUT <span class="op">=</span> <span class="dv">1000</span> <span class="co"># constant</span></span> -<span id="cb8-3"><a href="#cb8-3" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">def</span> judge_input(_input, _max): <span class="co"># function</span></span> -<span id="cb8-4"><a href="#cb8-4" aria-hidden="true"></a> <span class="cf">if</span> _max <span class="op">></span> _input:</span> -<span id="cb8-5"><a href="#cb8-5" aria-hidden="true"></a> <span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"Too big!"</span>)</span> -<span id="cb8-6"><a href="#cb8-6" aria-hidden="true"></a></span> -<span id="cb8-7"><a href="#cb8-7" aria-hidden="true"></a>judge_input(user_input, MAX_INPUT</span> -<span id="cb8-8"><a href="#cb8-8" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">class</span> Input_Judger: <span class="co"># a class</span></span> -<span id="cb8-9"><a href="#cb8-9" aria-hidden="true"></a> <span class="co"># etc etc</span></span></code></pre></div> +<div class="sourceCode" id="cb7"><pre +class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb7-1"><a href="#cb7-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>true <span class="op">&</span> false <span class="op">^</span> true</span></code></pre></div> +<h2 id="everything-should-be-snake_case">5) EVERYTHING should be +snake_case</h2> +<p>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.</p> +<div class="sourceCode" id="cb8"><pre +class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb8-1"><a href="#cb8-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>user_input <span class="op">=</span> <span class="bu">int</span>(<span class="bu">input</span>()) <span class="co"># variable</span></span> +<span id="cb8-2"><a href="#cb8-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>MAX_INPUT <span class="op">=</span> <span class="dv">1000</span> <span class="co"># constant</span></span> +<span id="cb8-3"><a href="#cb8-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="kw">def</span> judge_input(_input, _max): <span class="co"># function</span></span> +<span id="cb8-4"><a href="#cb8-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="cf">if</span> _max <span class="op">></span> _input:</span> +<span id="cb8-5"><a href="#cb8-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"Too big!"</span>)</span> +<span id="cb8-6"><a href="#cb8-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> +<span id="cb8-7"><a href="#cb8-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>judge_input(user_input, MAX_INPUT</span> +<span id="cb8-8"><a href="#cb8-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="kw">class</span> Input_Judger: <span class="co"># a class</span></span> +<span id="cb8-9"><a href="#cb8-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="co"># etc etc</span></span></code></pre></div> <p>Example exception:</p> -<div class="sourceCode" id="cb9"><pre class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb9-1"><a href="#cb9-1" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="co"># this doesn't actually work, but you get the idea</span></span> -<span id="cb9-2"><a href="#cb9-2" aria-hidden="true"></a>r <span class="op">=</span> requests.get(<span class="st">"www.debian.org"</span>)</span> -<span id="cb9-3"><a href="#cb9-3" aria-hidden="true"></a>pageSize <span class="op">=</span> r.json()[<span class="st">'pageSize'</span>] <span class="co"># camel case ok</span></span></code></pre></div> -<h2 id="if-its-over-100-lines-you-probably-need-a-new-file-and-a-class">6) If it's over 100 lines, you probably need a new file (and a class)</h2> -<p>This is more of a general coding thing, but I've encountered so many 1000 line monster out there, I need to reiterate it. I understand how these things come to be, having made a few myself in the beginning. You get an idea and want to see it through in full. Like <em>On the Road</em> it comes out as a scroll Merlin himself would be proud of.</p> -<p>But coming back to the scroll in a week half-drunk and half-tired is not a situation you want to be caught in. You can always import <em>any</em> python code you write with a simple:</p> -<div class="sourceCode" id="cb10"><pre class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb10-1"><a href="#cb10-1" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="im">import</span> filename</span></code></pre></div> +<div class="sourceCode" id="cb9"><pre +class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb9-1"><a href="#cb9-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># this doesn't actually work, but you get the idea</span></span> +<span id="cb9-2"><a href="#cb9-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>r <span class="op">=</span> requests.get(<span class="st">"www.debian.org"</span>)</span> +<span id="cb9-3"><a href="#cb9-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>pageSize <span class="op">=</span> r.json()[<span class="st">'pageSize'</span>] <span class="co"># camel case ok</span></span></code></pre></div> +<h2 +id="if-its-over-100-lines-you-probably-need-a-new-file-and-a-class">6) +If it's over 100 lines, you probably need a new file (and a class)</h2> +<p>This is more of a general coding thing, but I've encountered so many +1000 line monster out there, I need to reiterate it. I understand how +these things come to be, having made a few myself in the beginning. You +get an idea and want to see it through in full. Like <em>On the +Road</em> it comes out as a scroll Merlin himself would be proud of.</p> +<p>But coming back to the scroll in a week half-drunk and half-tired is +not a situation you want to be caught in. You can always import +<em>any</em> python code you write with a simple:</p> +<div class="sourceCode" id="cb10"><pre +class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><span id="cb10-1"><a href="#cb10-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="im">import</span> filename</span></code></pre></div> <p>As long as it's in the same directory.</p> </body> </html> |