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From: Dave Angel <davea@davea.name>
Subject: Re: A small question about PEP 8
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:33:17 -0400
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On 07/08/2013 08:02 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:39:21 +0100, Joshua Landau wrote:
>
     <SNIP>
>
>> Or you can (be sane) and put it at no indentation:
>>
>> """
>> a_wonderful_set_of_things = {
>>      ...,
>>      not_missing_an_end_brace
>> }
>> """
>
> I consider that the least aesthetically pleasing, and also rather awkward:
>
>
> some_result = some_function(
>          arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4,
>          [item1, item2, item3, item4,
>                item5, item6, item7,
>                item8, item9, item10,
> ],
>         arg6, key=spam, word=eggs,
>         extras=None, foo=bar,
> )

or even better:

class  MyClass:
     def my_method(self):
         if self.flag:
             self.value.append(
                  arg1,
                  arg2,
                  arg3
)
             return self.value




-- 
DaveA