[Python-Dev] PEP 7 clarification request: braces

[Nick Coghlan]

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> wrote:
> I think it's fine Nick raised this. PEP 7 is not very explicit about
> braces at all.

I actually discovered in this thread that I've been misreading PEP 7
for going on 7 years now - I thought the brace usage example *did* use
"} else {" (mainly because I write my if statements that way, and
nobody had ever pointed out to me that the C style guide actually says
otherwise).

So I'm happy enough with leaving PEP 7 alone and letting the stylistic
inconsistencies stand (even going forward). I agree in these days of
auto-indenting editors and automated test suites, the maintenance
benefits of always requiring the braces are significantly less than
they used to be.

Cheers,
Nick.

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