[Python-ideas] PEP8 dictionary indenting addition

[Jelte Fennema]

Alright, I'll make one when I have some time in the near future.

On 8 Oct 2016 10:08 pm, "Guido van Rossum" <gvanrossum at gmail.com> wrote:

> Makes sense, maybe you can send a PR to the Python/peps repo?
>
> --Guido (mobile)
>
> On Oct 8, 2016 12:27 PM, "Jelte Fennema" <me at jeltef.nl> wrote:
>
>> I have an idea to improve indenting guidelines for dictionaries for
>> better readability: If a value in a dictionary literal is placed on a new
>> line, it should have (or at least be allowed to have) a n additional
>> hanging indent.
>>
>> Below is an example:
>>
>> mydict = {'mykey':
>>               'a very very very very very long value',
>>           'secondkey': 'a short value',
>>           'thirdkey': 'a very very very '
>>               'long value that continues on the next line',
>> }
>>
>>
>> As opposed to this IMHO much less readable version:
>>
>> mydict = {'mykey':
>>           'a very very very very very long value',
>>           'secondkey': 'a short value',
>>           'thirdkey': 'a very very very '
>>           'long value that continues on the next line',
>> }
>>
>> As you can see it is much harder in the second version to distinguish
>> between keys and values.
>>
>>
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