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From: Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz>
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Subject: Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 11:17:13 +1200
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Lie Ryan wrote:
> PEP8 suggests using this style of method invocation:
> 
>     obj.method(foo,
>                bar,
>                baz)
> 
> which is an effect impossible to do correctly with tabs alone.

Yes, PEP 8 is self-contradictory in that regard.
I also happen to think that recommendation is insane
for other reasons as well, and cheerfully ignore it.

-- 
Greg