[Python-ideas] PEP 8 update on line length

[Christopher Barker]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 11:51 PM Lele Gaifax <lele at metapensiero.it> wrote:

> that most annoys me is the "if" when the condition is very long, because my
> eyes suffer when I see the following:
>

yup --  "if (" is four spaces -- exactly one indentation level -- that is
really painful.

I've got to figure out how to get flake8 to stop yelling at me for making
that more readable :-)

of difference between the continued condition elements and the succeeding
> suite:
>
>   if ((condition1
>        and condition2
>        and condition3)):
>       do_something()
>

ouch! ehy not jsut do:

if (condition1
      and condition2
      and condition3)):
    do_something()

(or any number of other options)

and teach your linter that that's OK (or ignore your linter)

-CHB


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