I'm using Eclipse with plugged autopep8 and I found it it very helpful. It's saving a lot of my time from fixing code style by hands. But for some coding patterns I don't know how to avoid pep8 rules I don't want to use. For example using Django (1.5.4) I need to connect signals of installed application. I always use import signals at the end of models.py file. But pep8 doesn't allow to use imports at end of file. # noqa comment doesn't helps. I can not put import signals to the top of the models.py file, because in signals I use some models still not defined on that moment.
What can you suggest in this situation? May be there is more appropriate way to connect signals?
Firstly, everything in PEP8 is a recommendation, not a hard-and-fast rule. If your code needs a certain structure, you should feel free to ignore the recommendation.
That said, importing signals at the end of your models file feels a bit strange. Rather, import both models and signals from a separate file that is itself imported at startup. The app's
__init__.pyfile might be a good candidate, or you can use the new AppConfig functionality in 1.7.