Code formatting question: conditional expression

[Diez B. Roggisch]

John Posner wrote:

> While refactoring some code, I ran across an opportunity to use a
> conditional expression. Original:
> 
>   if total > P.BASE:
>       excessblk = Block(total - P.BASE, srccol,
>       carry_button_suppress=True)
>   else:
>       excessblk = None
> 
> Is there any consensus on how to format a conditional expression that is
> too long for one line? How about this:
> 
>   excessblk = (Block(total - P.BASE, srccol, carry_button_suppress=True)
>                if total > P.BASE else
>                None)
> 
> The above format separates the values from the if-then-else machinery.
> Too many lines? Would it be better to line up "if" and "else"
> vertically? ...
> 
>   excessblk = (Block(total - P.BASE, srccol, carry_button_suppress=True)
>                if total > P.BASE
>                else None)

My choice would be

excessblk = None
if total > P.BASE:
    excessblk = ...


You don't lose any vertical space, and it's much more readable IMHO.

Diez