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 PEP 8
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-PEP 8 is the de-facto code style guide for Python.
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-    :pep:`8`
+:pep:`8` is the de-facto code style guide for Python.
 
 Conforming your Python code to PEP 8 is generally a good idea and helps make
 code more consistent when working on projects with other developers. There