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Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:07:28 -0700
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Brandon Harris wrote:
> I don't really think lining things up makes them any easier to read.

I *totally* disagree.  Often I'm scanning a dict looking for either a 
key or a value, and having them lined up makes it much easier.  Yes, I 
have to reindent once in a while, but it's still a write few, read many 
operation.

~Ethan~