[Python-ideas] Minor tweak to PEP 8?

[Barry Warsaw]

On Jun 02, 2011, at 11:11 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

>FYI, I've submitted this change to PEP 8, with the help of a draft
>patch by Steven Klass.

Thanks Guido.  This is probably the right mailing list to follow up to (ignore
my python-dev followup to the -checkins message).

I agree with the change, except for the recommendation to double-indent.  Yes,
double-indent does look better with Google's 2-space indentation level rule,
but it looks excessive (to my eyes anyway) with a 4-space rule.  One
indentation level looks fine.  I posted some examples to python-dev.

Is it worth softening the PEP 8 recommendation on double-indents?

Cheers,
-Barry

>On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:23 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido-+ZN9ApsXKcEdnm+yROfE0A at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> At Google we use the following rule (from
>> http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/pyguide.html#Indentation):
>>
>> Yes:  # Aligned with opening delimiter
>>       foo = long_function_name(var_one, var_two,
>>                                var_three, var_four)
>>
>>       # 4-space hanging indent; nothing on first line
>>       foo = long_function_name(
>>           var_one, var_two, var_three,
>>           var_four)
>>
>> No:   # Stuff on first line forbidden
>>       foo = long_function_name(var_one, var_two,
>>           var_three, var_four)
>>
>>       # 2-space hanging indent forbidden
>>       foo = long_function_name(
>>         var_one, var_two, var_three,
>>         var_four)
>>
>> I propose we somehow incorporate these two allowed alternatives into PEP 8.
>> They both serve a purpose.
>>
>> --
>> --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
>>
>>
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