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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 13:30:17 -0600
Subject: Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python
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On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> On 10/15/2014 10:32 AM, Chris =E2=80=9CKwpolska=E2=80=9D Warrick wrote:
>> It should parse this as
>>
>> else:
>>      print 'false'
>>      print 'done'
>>
>> Why?  Because things like `print 'done'` usually have an empty line befo=
re
>> it:
>
>
> There is no such rule in Python so it hardly dependable for auto indentin=
g.

I agree. I very rarely use blank lines inside functions. As I see it,
if you feel you need a blank line for separation within a function,
that's an indication your function is overly complex and should be
broken up.

Keeping blank lines out of functions also makes it easy to copy/paste
those functions into the interactive interpreter, which can be handy
e.g. when sharing snippets of code by email.