[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: add pep8 as the python code style guidelines

[John McNamara]

Added PEP8 to the DPDK Coding Style guidelines to cover Python
contributions to DPDK.

Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
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v2: fixed section level.


 doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
index ad1392d..1eb67f3 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
@@ -685,3 +685,11 @@ Control Statements
                  usage();
                  /* NOTREACHED */
          }
+
+
+Python Code
+-----------
+
+All python code should be compliant with `PEP8 (Style Guide for Python Code) <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>`_.
+
+The ``pep8`` tool can be used for testing compliance with the guidelines.
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