[Python-Dev] PEP 7 clarification request: braces

[Raymond Hettinger]

On Jan 1, 2012, at 8:44 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

> I've been having an occasional argument with Benjamin regarding braces
> in 4-line if statements:
> 
>  if (cond)
>    statement;
>  else
>    statement;
> 
> vs.
> 
>  if (cond) {
>    statement;
>  } else {
>    statement;
>  }


Really?  Do we need to have a brace war?
People have different preferences.
The standard library includes some of both styles
depending on what the maintainer thought was cleanest to their eyes in a given context.


Raymond