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Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:00:23 +0000
Subject: Re: Python is readable
From: Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com>
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On 15 March 2012 22:35, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> writes:
>
>> Moreover, I think that
>> =C2=A0 if (............
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ............
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ............):
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ............
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ............
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ............
>> is not very readable anyway.
>
> I agree, and am glad PEP 8 has been updated to recommend an extra level
> of indentation for continuation, to distinguish from the new block that
> follows <URL:http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#indentation>.

Personally I solve this by never writing if conditions that span more
than one line.  If the worst comes to the worst, I would write:

aptly_named_condition =3D (
    very long condition
    that goes over
    plenty of lines
)
if aptly_named_condition:
    do stuff

--=20
Arnaud