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## Python |
-Python code should follow [PEP-8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/), |
-except: |
+Python code should follow [PEP-8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/). |
+ |
+Some existing scripts were originally written following Google's internal |
+style guideline and have the following two exceptions. New scripts should, |
+however, be PEP-8 compliant. |
* Use two-space indentation instead of four-space indentation. |
* Use `CamelCase()` method and function names instead of `unix_hacker_style()` names. |
-(The rationale for these is mostly legacy: the code was originally written |
-following Google's internal style guideline, the cost of updating all of the |
-code to PEP-8 compliance was not small, and consistency was seen to be a |
-greater virtue than compliance.) |
- |
[Depot tools](http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chrome-infra-docs/flat/depot_tools/docs/html/depot_tools.html) |
contains a local copy of pylint, appropriately configured. |