> Last but not least, PEP 8 is meant as a style guide, not as a book of law that needs to be enforced at all costs. Some of the Python core developers seem to a

> Last but not least, PEP 8 is meant as a style guide, not as a book of law that needs to be enforced at all costs. Some of the Python core developers seem to agree; I have seen comments from Guido and others who apparently think that such tools go against the spirit of the PEP. Actually PEP 8 starts with: "A Foolish Consistency is the Hobgoblin of Little Minds"[1] A lot of people miss that part. [1] https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#id15 https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#id15