Nova Style Commandments
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Step 1: Read http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
Step 2: Read http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ again
Step 3: Read on

Imports
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- thou shalt not import objects, only modules
- thou shalt not import more than one module per line
- thou shalt not make relative imports
- thou shalt organize your imports according to the following template

::
  # vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
  {{stdlib imports in human alphabetical order}}
  \n
  {{nova imports in human alphabetical order}}
  \n
  \n
  {{begin your code}}


General
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- thou shalt put two newlines twixt toplevel code (funcs, classes, etc)
- thou shalt put one newline twixt methods in classes and anywhere else
- thou shalt not write "except:", use "except Exception:" at the very least
- thou shalt include your name with TODOs as in "TODO(termie)"
- thou shalt not name anything the same name as a builtin or reserved word
- thou shalt not violate causality in our time cone, or else


Human Alphabetical Order Examples
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::
  import httplib
  import logging
  import random
  import StringIO
  import time
  import unittest

  from nova import flags
  from nova import test
  from nova.auth import users
  from nova.endpoint import api
  from nova.endpoint import cloud
