[Python-Dev] Update PEP 7 to require curly braces in C
Stefan Krah
skrah.temporarily at gmail.com
Tue Jan 19 05:29:07 EST 2016
M.-A. Lemburg <mal <at> egenix.com> writes:
> > Currently this thread stands at:
>
> Make that:
>
> > +1
> > Brett
> > Ethan
> > Robert
> > Georg
> > Nick
> > Maciej Szulik
> > +0
> > Guido
> > -0
> > Serhiy
> > -1
> MAL
> > Victor (maybe; didn't specifically vote)
> > Larry
> > Stefan
I want to clarify my position a bit: Personally, in _decimal/* I've
always used braces and I prefer that.
But from reading the Python sources in general, I got the impression
that the default style at least for one-liner if-statements is to
omit braces. So, in memoryview.c, I adapted to that style.
I think enforcing braces won't do anything for security. DJB (who
had a single exploit found in qmail in 20 years) even uses nested
for-loops without braces.
IMO secure code can only be achieved by auditing it quietly in
a terminal, not being distracted by peripheral things like
version control and web interfaces (green merge buttons!) and
trying to do formal proofs (if time allows for it).
So I would not want to enforce a style if it makes some people
unhappy.
Stefan Krah
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