[Python-ideas] PEP8 dictionary indenting addition

[Guido van Rossum]

Might also send something to pystylechecker at the same time.

--Guido (mobile)

On Oct 8, 2016 1:23 PM, "Jelte Fennema" <me at jeltef.nl> wrote:

> 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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