[bpicolo]

The point is there are things that don't violate pep8 that are still atrocious

for example:

    some_function(long_variable_name_and_stuff, long_variable_name_and_stuff,
                                  long_variable_name_and_stuff)

The lower indentation level doesnt actually matter at all says flake8

edit: To below, that's possible. I can't remember the exact case right now but there are things along these lines that are valid and shouldn't be. Multiple possible indentation formats is not necessarily something you want to allow as an org, which is where something like YAPF comes into play

[bkcooper]

I wonder if that's a configuration thing. Mine gives me a "continuation line over-indented for visual indent" here.

[pekk]

I'm afraid you are mistaken here. PEP 8 reads "Arguments on first line forbidden when not using vertical alignment." flake8 does report this, but if it did not, that would simply be a bug in flake8.

edit: if there are bugs in PEP 8, work to get them fixed rather than promoting alternative styles like the Google style, please!