[Python-Dev] PEP 7 and braces { .... } on if

Rob Cliffe rob.cliffe at btinternet.com
Tue Jun 6 20:42:23 EDT 2017



On 07/06/2017 01:30, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Jun 05, 2017, at 08:41 AM, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
>
>> the example above), and the following code is enough readable:
>>
>>          if (PyErr_WarnFormat(PyExc_DeprecationWarning, 1,
>>                               "invalid escape sequence '\\%c'",
>>                               *first_invalid_escape) < 0) {
>>              Py_DECREF(result);
>>              return NULL;
>>          }
> My rationale for placing the opening brace on a separate line, indented to
> under the `if` instead of hanging is that it's easier to miss the opening
> brace in the example you posted above.  Visually I (we?) tend to have a harder
> time recognizing characters sitting way out to the right.
>
> On Jun 05, 2017, at 08:19 AM, Ethan Furman wrote:
>
>> I would format that as:
>>
>>           if (PyErr_WarnFormat(
>>                   PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
>>                   1,
>>                   "invalid escape sequence '\\%c'",
>>                   *first_invalid_escape) < 0)
>>               {
>>               Py_DECREF(result);
>>               return NULL;
>>           }
> In this case I'd *still* indent the opening brace to under the `if`.  The
> mismatched indentation between the open and close braces is jarring to me.
>
>
FWIW I feel exactly the same.
Rob Cliffe


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