doc: add pep8 as the python code style guidelines

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / contributing / coding_style.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
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                  usage();
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          }
                  usage();
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          }

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+Python Code
+-----------
+
+All python code should be compliant with `PEP8 (Style Guide for Python Code) <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>`_.
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+The ``pep8`` tool can be used for testing compliance with the guidelines.