[Python-ideas] Minor tweak to PEP 8?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Guido van Rossum 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)
> 
> I cringe whenever I see that. If people are going to bother lining
> things up other than at 4-space indents, they should at least line them
> up in a visually attractive place. The delimiter should surround the
> arguments, not line up with them:
> 
>         foo = long_function_name(var_one, var_two,
>                                  var_three, var_four)

See the link Guido posted: that's what they use. Looks like the
MUA dropped a blank or there was a tab/space issue involved.
Whitespace tends to be mysterious sometimes ;-)

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