synapse/docs/implementation-notes/code_style.rst

Basically, PEP8

• Max line width: 80 chars.
• Use camel case for class and type names
• Use underscores for functions and variables.
• Use double quotes.
• Use parentheses instead of '' for line continuation where ever possible (which is pretty much everywhere)

• There should be max a single new line between:

  • statements
  • functions in a class

• There should be two new lines between:

  • definitions in a module (e.g., between different classes)

• There should be spaces where spaces should be and not where there shouldn't be:

  • a single space after a comma
  • a single space before and after for '=' when used as assignment
  • no spaces before and after for '=' for default values and keyword arguments.

Comments should follow the google code style. This is so that we can generate documentation with sphinx (http://sphinxcontrib-napoleon.readthedocs.org/en/latest/)