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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:58:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Yingjie Lan <lanyjie@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: allow line break at operators
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> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net>=0A=
=0A> wrote: =0A>> In terms of easier to read, I find code easier to read wh=
en the=0A>> operators are at the beginnings of the lines (PEP 8 notwithstan=
ding):=0A>>=0A>> =A0 =A0x =3D (someobject.somemethod(object3, thing)=0A>> =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 + longfunctionname(object2)=0A>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 + otherfun=
ction(value1, value2, value3))=0A>>=0A> =0A> Without the parentheses, this =
is legal but (probably) useless; it=0A> applies the unary + operator to the=
 return value of those functions.=0A=0A:No, in some other languages it migh=
t be legal, but this is Python.=0A:without the parentheses it is a syntax e=
rror.=0A=0AThis discussion leads me to this question:=0A=0AIs it possible f=
or python to allow free splitting of single-line statements=0Awithout the b=
ackslashes, if we impose that expressions can only be split=0Awhen it is no=
t yet a finished expression? Note: splitting before closing =0Aparenthis, b=
race, or bracket can be viewed as special case of this =0Amore general rule=
.=0A=0A=0AYingjie=0A