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1 Discussion of Coding-Style
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11 Open for public debate
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14 * Avoid contractions in code comments (particularly in
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15 documentation): "We do not add blue to red because it does not look good"
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16 rather than "We don't add blue to red because it doesn't look good".
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17 OD: I mostly find it to be cleaner (been used to it while writing
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18 scientific articles too).
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19 JB: +1
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21 * Imperative vs. third-person comments.
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22 # Return the sum of elements in x. <-- imperative
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23 # Returns the sum of elements in x. <-- third-person
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24 OD: I am used to the imperative form and like it better only because it
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25 typically saves one letter (the 's') and is easier to conjugate.
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26 JB: What about being compatible with markup formats that have a :returns:
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27 tag?
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28 OD: That'd make sense. However, when I wrote the above I hadn't looked
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29 closely at PEP257 yet, and I just noticed the following official
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30 recommendation for one-line docstrings in it:
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31 The docstring is a phrase ending in a period. It prescribes the
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32 function or method's effect as a command ("Do this", "Return that"), not as a
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33 description; e.g. don't write "Returns the pathname ...".
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34 Anyone knows which style is most popular in the open-source
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35 community?
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37 * OD: I like always doing the following when subclassing
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38 a class A:
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39 class B(A):
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40 def __init__(self, b_arg_1, b_arg_2, **kw):
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41 super(B, self).__init__(**kw)
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42 ...
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43 The point here is that the constructor always allow for extra keyword
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44 arguments (except for the class at the very top of the hierarchy), which
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45 are automatically passed to the parent class.
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46 Pros:
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47 - You do not need to repeat the parent class arguments whenever you
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48 write a new subclass.
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49 - Whenever you add an argument to the parent class, all child classes
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50 can benefit from it without modifying their code.
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51 Cons:
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52 - One needs to look at the parent classes to see what these arguments
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53 are.
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54 - You cannot use a **kw argument in your constructor for your own
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55 selfish purpose.
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56 - I have no clue whether one could do this with multiple inheritance.
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57 - More?
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58 Question: Should we encourage this in Pylearn?
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62 Closed for public debate
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65 * Use imports for packages and modules only. I.e. avoid
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66 from foo import *
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67 from foo import Bar
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68 OD: Overall I agree with this. However we probably want to allow some
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69 exceptions, like:
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70 from itertools import imap, izip
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71 Also, some people may want to have shortcuts like
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72 from theano import tensor as T
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73 but I would prefer to forbid this. It is handy when trying stuff in
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74 the interactive interpreter, but in real code it can easily get messy
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75 when you want to copy / paste different pieces of code and they use
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76 different conventions. Typing tensor.* is a bit longer, but a lot more
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77 portable.
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78 JB: I thought that these are nice:
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79 - "from foo import Bar"
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80 - "from foo import Bar, Blah"
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81 What's wrong with them? They keep the code listing short and readable.
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82 I would discourage these forms when symbols 'Bar' and 'Blah' are
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83 ambiguous, in which case the parent module prefix serves to disambiguate
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84 them in the code.
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85 I agree that the "import A as B" form should be discouraged in general,
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86 because that's just confusing and makes code less grep-friendly.
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87 OD: I agree that "from foo import Bar, Blah" is sometimes convenient
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88 (typically when you re-use Bar / Blah many times in the same file),
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89 and would vote in favor of accepting it when it is appropriate.
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90 This guideline was taken from Google's coding recommendation:
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91 "from foo import * or from foo import Bar is very nasty and can
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92 lead to serious maintenance issues because it makes it hard to find
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93 module dependencies."
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94 OD: Decision was taken in committee's meeting to allow
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95 from foo import Bar, Blah
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96 when imported stuff is re-used multiple times in the same file, and
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97 there is no ambiguity.
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99 * Imports should usually be on separate lines.
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100 OD: I would add an exception, saying it is ok to group multiple imports
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101 from the standard library on a single line, e.g.
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102 import os, sys, time
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103 I just don't see much benefit in putting them on separate lines (for
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104 third-party imports I agree it is best to keep them separate, as it
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105 makes dependencies clearer, and diffs look better when someone adds /
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106 removes an import). Does anyone see a good reason to keep standard
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107 library imports on different lines?
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108 JB: what does 'usually' mean here? The guideline seems vacuous.
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109 OD: Sorry my fault, I did not quote the whole guideline from PEP8. The
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110 'usually' was because of what followed:
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111 it's okay to say this though:
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112 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
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113 (which btw contradicts Google's recommendation mentioned previously)
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114 OD: Decision was taken in committee's meeting to allow multiple imports
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115 on the same line for standard library modules (only).
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117 * The BDFL recommends inserting a blank line between the
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118 last paragraph in a multi-line docstring and its closing quotes, placing
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119 the closing quotes on a line by themselves. This way, Emacs'
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120 fill-paragraph command can be used on it.
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121 OD: I think it is ugly and I have not seen it used much. Any Emacs
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122 user believes it is a must?
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123 OD: Decision was taken in committee's meeting to drop this
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124 recommendation.
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127 and functions related to an algorithm like 'SGD' or a model like 'RBM'
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128 whose common name is capitalized? Case in point: How should I name a
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129 Hybrid Monte Carlo Sampler? Should I use the common HMC abbreviation?
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130 OD: This one is answered by PEP8 (search HTTPServerError in it).
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131 You should use:
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132 RBMClassName
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133 rbm_function_name
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134 As far as using abbreviations is concerned:
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135 All identifiers in the Python standard library (...) SHOULD use
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136 English words wherever feasible (in many cases, abbreviations and
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137 technical terms are used which aren't English).
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138 so I guess HMC is ok when using Hybrid Monte Carlo is considered to
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139 make some names too long.
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142 Note about warnings
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143 -------------------
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145 Fred: This is a refactored thing from James email of what we should put in message
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146 that we send to the user:
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147 1) Hint where in the code this log come from.
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148 2) Hint how to hide this message? or we should this into documentation.
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149 3) Tell explicitly if the user can ignore it and the consequence.
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151 Existing Python coding style specifications and guidelines
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152 ----------------------------------------------------------
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154 * Must-read
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155 * Official Python coding style guide: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008
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156 * Official docstring conventions: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257
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157 * Google Python Style Guide: http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/pyguide.html
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158 * Interesting
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159 * Code Like a Pythonista: http://python.net/~goodger/projects/pycon/2007/idiomatic/handout.html
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160 * Numpy notes on conversion to Python 3: http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/browser/trunk/doc/Py3K.txt
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161 * Can skip
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162 * Python style for university class: http://www.cs.caltech.edu/courses/cs11/material/python/misc/python_style_guide.html
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163 * Mailman coding style: http://barry.warsaw.us/software/STYLEGUIDE.txt
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164 * Some company coding style: http://self.maluke.com/style
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165 * Chandler coding style: http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/ChandlerCodingStyleGuidelines
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166 * Outdated recommendations: http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/dev/2003-March/000479.html
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167 * Mostly some beginners tips: http://learnpython.pbworks.com/PythonTricks
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168 * More beginners tips: http://eikke.com/how-not-to-write-python-code/
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169 * Cogent coding guidelines: http://jaynes.colorado.edu/PythonGuidelines.html
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170 * Djangoo coding guidelines: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/#coding-style
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171 * Numpy documentation style guidelines: http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/wiki/CodingStyleGuidelines
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172 * Some random guy guidelines (nothing special): http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/python_style_guide.shtml
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174 We will probably want to take PEP-8 as starting point, and read what other
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175 people think about it / how other coding guidelines differ from it.
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176
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177 Dumi: we should also try to find tools that automate these
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178 processes: pylint, pyflakes, pychecker, pythontidy
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180 OD: Things about PEP 8 I don't like (but it may be just me):
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182 * If necessary, you can add an extra pair of parentheses around an
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183 expression, but sometimes using a backslash looks better.
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184 --> I rarely find that backslash looks better. In most situations you can
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185 get rid of them. Typically I prefer:
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186 if (cond_1 and
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187 cond_2 and
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188 cond_3):
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189 to
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190 if cond_1 and \
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191 cond_2 and \
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192 cond_3:
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193
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194 * You should use two spaces after a sentence-ending period.
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195 --> Looks weird to me.
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196 (DWF: This is an old convention from the typewriter era. It has more
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197 or less been wiped out by HTML's convention of ignoring extra
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198 whitespace: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing for
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199 more detail. I think it's okay to drop this convention in source code.)
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200 OD: Cool, thanks, I guess we can drop it then.
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201
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202 * Missing in PEP 8:
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203 - How to indent multi-line statements? E.g. do we want
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204 x = my_func(a, b, c,
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205 d, e, f)
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206 or
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207 x = my_func(a, b, c,
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208 d, e, f)
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209 or
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210 x = my_func(
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211 a, b, c, d, e, f)
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212 --> Probably depends on the specific situation, but we could have a
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213 few typical examples (and the same happens with multi-lines lists)
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214 (Fred: I would do 2 or 3, but not 1. I find it more redable when the
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215 indent is broken after a paranthesis then at any point.
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216 OD: After thinking about it, I agreee as well. My recommendation would
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218 with lists.
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220 Documentation
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221 -------------
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223 How do we write doc?
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225 Compatibility with various Python versions
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228 * Which Python 2.x version do we want to support?
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230 * Is it reasonable to have coding guidelines that would make the code as
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231 compatible as possible with Python 3?
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233 C coding style
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236 We also need a c-style coding style.
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238 Meeting 2010/09/09
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239 ------------------
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241 * Coding guidelines
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242 PEP 8 & Google should be a good basis to start with.
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243 Task: Highlight the most important points in them (OD).
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245 * Documentation
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246 Use RST with Sphinx.
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247 Task: Provide specific examples on how to document a class, method, and some
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248 specific classes like Op (DE). Modify the theano documentation to include that.
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249 OD: May want to check out
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250 http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/wiki/CodingStyleGuidelines
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252 * Python versions to be supported
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253 Support 2.4 (because some of the clusters are still running 2.4) and write
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254 code that can be converted to 3.x with 2to3 in a straightforward way.
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255 Task: Write to-do's and to-not-do's to avoid compatibility issues. (OD)
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257 * C coding style
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258 How to write C code (in particular for Numpy / Cuda), and how to mix C and
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259 Python.
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260 Task: See if there would be a sensible C code style to follow (maybe look how
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261 Numpy does it), and how projects that mix C and Python deal with it (e.g. use
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262 separate files, or be able to have mixed syntax highlighting?) (FB)
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264 * Program output
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265 Use the warning and logging modules. Avoid print as much as possible.
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266 Task: Look into these modules to define general guidelines e.g. to decide when
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267 to use warning instead of logging. (DWF)
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269 * Automatized code verification
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270 Use pychecker & friends to make sure everything is fine.
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271 Task: Look into the various options available (DE)
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273 * Tests
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274 Force people to write tests. Automatic email reminder of code lines not
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275 covered by tests (see if we can get this from nosetests). Decorator to mark
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276 some classes / methods as not being tested yet, so as to be able to
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277 automatically warn the user when he is using untested stuff (and to remind
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278 ourselves we should add a test).
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279 Task: See feasibility. (OD)
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280 Result: See section 'Enforcing strict testing policy'.
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282 * VIM / Emacs plugins / config files
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283 To enforce good coding style automatically.
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284 Task: Look for existing options. (FB)
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285 (DWF: I have put some time into this for vim, I will send around my files)
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287 Suggestion by PV
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288 ----------------
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290 Have a sample code that showcases everything one should comply to.
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292 Some coding guidelines (work-in-progress from OD)
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293 -------------------------------------------------
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295 * Avoid using lists if all you care about is iterating on something. Using
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296 lists:
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297 - uses more memory (and possibly more CPU if the code may break out of
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298 the iteration)
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299 - can lead to ugly code when converted to Python 3 with 2to3
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300 - can have a different behavior if evaluating elements in the list has
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301 side effects (if you want these side effects, make it explicit by
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302 assigning the list to some variable before iterating on it)
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304 Iterative version List version
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305 my_dict.iterkeys() my_dict.keys()
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306 my_dict.itervalues() my_dict.values()
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307 my_dict.iteritems() my_dict.items()
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308 itertools.imap map
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309 itertools.ifilter filter
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310 itertools.izip zip
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311 xrange range
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312
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313 * Use `in` on container objects instead of using class-specific methods.
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314 It is easier to read and may allow you to use your code with different
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315 container types.
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316
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317 Yes No
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318 --- --
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319 key in my_dict my_dict.has_key(key)
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320 sub_string in my_string my_string.find(sub_string) >= 0
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323 * Generally prefer list comprehensions to map / filter, as the former are
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324 easier to read.
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325 Yes:
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326 non_comments = [line.strip() for line in my_file.readlines()
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327 if not line.startswith('#')]
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328 No:
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329 non_comments = map(str.strip,
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330 filter(lambda line: not line.startswith('#'),
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331 my_file.readlines()))
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332
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333 * Use the `key` argument instead of `cmp` when sorting (for Python 3
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334 compatibility).
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335 Yes:
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336 my_list.sort(key=abs)
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337 No:
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338 my_list.sort(cmp=lambda x, y: cmp(abs(x), abs(y)))
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340 * Use // for integer division (for readability and Python 3 compatibility).
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341 Yes:
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342 n_samples_per_split = n_samples // n_splits
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343 No:
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344 n_samples_per_split = n_samples / n_splits
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346 * Only use ASCII characters in code files.
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348 * Code indent must be done with four blank characters (not with tabs).
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350 * Limit lines to 79 characters.
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352 * Comments should start with a capital letter (unless the first word is a
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353 code identifier) and end with a period (very short inline comments may
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354 ignore this rule).
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356 * Whenever you read / write binary files, specify it in the mode ('rb' for
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357 reading, 'wb' for writing). This is important for cross-platform and
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358 Python 3 compatibility (e.g. when pickling / unpickling objects).
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360 * Avoid tuple parameter unpacking to avoid very ugly code when converting
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361 to Python 3.
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362 Yes:
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363 def f(x, y_z):
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364 y, z = y_z
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365 No:
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366 def f(x, (y, z))
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368 * Only use cPickle, not pickle.
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370 * Always raise exception with
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371 raise MyException(args)
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372 where MyException inherits from Exception.
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374 * Imports should be listed in alphabetical order. It makes it easier to
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375 verify that something is imported, and avoids duplicated imports.
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377 * Use absolute imports only. This is compatible across a wider range of
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378 Python versions, and avoids confusion about what is being
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379 imported.
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381 * Use a leading underscore '_' for internal attributes / methods,
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382 but avoid the double underscore '__' unless you know what you are
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383 doing.
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385 * A script's only top-level code should be something like:
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386 if __name__ == '__main__':
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387 sys.exit(main())
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388
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389 * No conditional expression (not supported in Python 2.4). These are
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390 expressions of the form
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391 x = y if condition else z
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392
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393 * Use either "try ... except" or "try ... finally", but do not mix
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394 "except" with "finally" (which is not supported in Python 2.4).
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395 You can make a try... except inside a try... finally if you need both.
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397 * Do not use the `all` and `any` builtin functions (they are not supported
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399 You can use numpy.{all,any} instead of import theano.gof.python25 that
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400 define all and any.
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401 OD: I think we should have something like pylearn.compat.{all,any}.
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402 numpy.{all,any} are meant to be used on arrays only.
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404 * Do not use the `hashlib` module (not supported in Python 2.4).
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405 You can do as in theano.gof.cc:
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406 ..code::
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407 if sys.version_info[:2] >= (2,5):
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408 import hashlib
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409 def hash_from_code(msg):
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410 return hashlib.md5(msg).hexdigest()
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411 else:
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412 import md5
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413 def hash_from_code(msg):
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414 return md5.new(msg).hexdigest()
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415 OD: Yep, we could probably come up with such a wrapper in a pylearn.compat
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416 module.
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418 Mercurial commits
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419 -----------------
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420
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421 * How to write good commit messages?
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422 OD: Check Django's guidelines (link above)
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423 * Standardize the merge commit text (what is the message from fetch?)
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425 Type checking
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426 -------------
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428 (Suggested by Francois Savard)
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429
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430 vu que vous êtes en train de vous occuper de l'aspect coding style, je
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431 mentionne ceci, à faire ce que vous en voulez: j'aime bien éviter des
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432 erreurs sur l'ordre de mes paramètres, sur les assumptions sur les
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433 paramètres etc. en faisant des argument check. Ça remplace un peu le
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434 static type checking des langages genre Java.
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435
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436 En Python y'a une façon élégante de définir ses propres typecheckers,
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437 value checkers etc. et ensuite les passer en paramètre à un décorateur de
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438 fonction:
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439
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440 http://code.activestate.com/recipes/454322-type-checking-decorator/
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441
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442 (Juste un exemple, vu que les checks peuvent être plus élaborés, inclure
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443 des value checks (>0 etc.), être flexibles pour ne pas demander que ce
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444 soit un type fixe mais plutôt que ça réponde à certaines contraintes (que
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445 ça "ressemble" à un float, p. ex.). J'avais développé une lib pour faire
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446 qqch du genre en Javascript).
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447
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448 Je ne sais pas si vous comptiez parler de ça, et si ça vaut la peine, mais
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449 personnellement je préfère du code à des commentaires qui peuvent être out
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450 of sync avec le contenu d'une méthode. Si vous croyez que ça vaut la peine,
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451 vous pourriez p-e définir des type/value-checkers standards pour éviter que
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452 tout le monde redéfinissent les siens à sa façon.
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453
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454 Consistent inf / nan
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455 --------------------
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457 OD: Use numpy.inf and numpy.nan rather than float('inf') / float('nan')?
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458 (should be slightly more efficient even if efficiency usually doesn't matter
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459 here - the main goal would be for everyone to use the same inf / nan to make
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460 the code consistent).
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462 Enforcing strict testing policy
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464
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465 The `coverage` third-party module provides a way to gather code coverage
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466 statistics in the test suite. `nosetests` has a plugin that can be activated
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467 with the --with-coverage option to use this module.
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468 It is possible to know which lines specifically lack coverage. However, we
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469 will probably want to post-process this data to do more than a simple report
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470 (which noone will care about). This could be done either by parsing nosetests'
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471 coverage output, or modifying its coverage plugin, or writing our own version
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472 of it. The main goal would be to identify who is responsible for writing lines
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473 that are not currently covered (using 'hg annotate'), in order to send email
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474 notifications.
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475
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476 We should aim at 100% code coverage in tests. This is realistic because
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477 `coverage` offers ways to ignore coverage for lines we explicitely do not want
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478 to cover (typically debug code, or AssertionError / NotImplementedError that
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479 are not supposed to be triggered during normal usage).
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480 We may need to do some advanced processing though to e.g. collect results from
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481 multiple build bots, if for instance some bot is running tests without GPU
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482 support, and another one is taking care of the GPU tests.
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483
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484 Code that should be tested but for which no test is currently written would
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485 also require some decorator / helper function that would trigger a warning at
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486 run-time (only once / execution). This could be enforced by adopting a
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487 different policy about lack-of-coverage notification emails, depending on
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488 whether or not the warning is present:
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489 - if there is no warning, daily email notification (ADD A WARNING!!!)
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490 - if there is a warning, weekly email notification (ADD A TEST!!!)
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492 Meeting 2010/09/16
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