Trailing comma (was: Re: structure in Python)

[Georgy Pruss]

"Patrick Maupin" <pmaupin at speakeasy.net> wrote in message news:653b7547.0310231853.215189da at posting.google.com...
> Cousin Stanley wrote:
>
> >     The style that looks the most natural and seems the easiest
> >     to extend and edit to me is ....
> >
> >         x = [ 'fe'  ,
> >               'fi'  ,
> >               'fo'  ,
> >               'fum' ]
>
> Other people have raised some good points as to why using
> trailing commas can be better, but for my money the best
> reason to consistently use trailing commas is how a CVS
> (or other) diff will look later.  You can either see
> one deleted line plus two added lines, or a single added
> line, your choice.
>
> Pat

You can always find a better diff which will show you an added
comma and an additional line. Again, it's a tool problem.

Georgy