[dpdk-dev,v1] doc: add pep8 as the python code style guidelines
Commit Message
Added PEP8 to the DPDK Coding Style guidelines to cover Python
contributions to DPDK.
Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
Comments
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mcnamara, John
> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 3:51 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v1] doc: add pep8 as the python code style guidelines
>
> Added PEP8 to the DPDK Coding Style guidelines to cover Python
> contributions to DPDK.
>
> Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
> b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
> index ad1392d..df64aad 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
> @@ -685,3 +685,11 @@ Control Statements
> usage();
> /* NOTREACHED */
> }
> +
> +
> +Python Code
> +~~~~~~~~~~~
Self-nack. Wrong section level.
@@ -685,3 +685,11 @@ Control Statements
usage();
/* NOTREACHED */
}
+
+
+Python Code
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+All python code should be compliant with `PEP8 (Style Guide for Python Code) <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>`_.
+
+The `pep8` tool can be used for testing compliance with the guidelines.