Why does VS-Code Autopep8 format 2 white lines?

Question

print("Hello")

def world():
    print("Hello")

world()

Gets corrected to:

print("Hello")


def world():
    print("Hello")


world()

I have tried to:

PEP8 [States to](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#blank-lines) `Surround top-level function and class definitions with two blank lines`. Since your statements are top-level, they get corrected to match that design recommendation. — b_c, Jan 03 '20 at 16:22

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '20 at 16:20

4

Because autopep8 follows PEP8 which suggests 2 blank lines around top-level functions.

Surround top-level function and class definitions with two blank lines.

answered Jan 03 '20 at 16:20

DeepSpace

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 23 '21 at 06:56

4

You can disable this by using the following configuration in your .vscode/settings.json

{
    "python.formatting.provider": "autopep8",
    "python.formatting.autopep8Args": [
        "--ignore=E302"
    ]
}

Here are all the autopep8 features explained: https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8#features

answered Oct 23 '21 at 06:56

Lucian Tarbă

while the link to GitHub is OK, it would be useful to include relevant aspects (as a quotation) in your answer – Andrew Oct 23 '21 at 09:59

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 18 '22 at 12:25

0

you can also configure python.formatting.autopep8Args under your vscode setting.

answered Oct 18 '22 at 12:25

MutantMahesh

Configure it how? I added `--ignore=E302` but it doesn't prevent it spacing everything in double lines when saving. – Hasen Apr 11 '23 at 09:14
@Hasen Not sure why it is not working for you but you can check https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8 for more information. – MutantMahesh Apr 12 '23 at 10:10

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