Define functions with too many arguments to abide by PEP8 standard

Question

I have defined a function with a long list of arguments. The total characters in definition is above 80 and doesn\'t abide by PEP8.

def my_function(argument_one,         


        

Answer 1

I personally like to line up the params one-per-line starting with the open parentheses and keeping that indent. flake8 seems happy with it too.

def guess_device_type(device_name: str,
                      username: str=app.config['KEY_TACACS_USER'],
                      password: str=app.config['KEY_TACACS_PASS'],
                      command: str='show version') -> str:
    """Get a device_type string for netmiko"""