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Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python

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On 10/15/2014 10:32 AM, Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:27 AM, alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 15/10/2014 12:23 PM, Juan Christian wrote:
>>>
>>> Using PyCharm is easy:
>>>
>>> File > Settings > (IDE Settings) Editor > Smart Keys > Reformat on paste
>>>   > choose "Reformat Block"
>>
>>
>>
>> This isn't as straight forward as you imply. Say I have misindented code
>> like this:
>>
>>      if True:
>>      print 'true'
>>      else:
>>      print 'false'
>>      print 'done'
>>
>> If I select this block in PyCharm and reformat it, I get:
>>
>>      if True:
>>          print 'true'
>>      else:
>>      print 'false'
>>      print 'done'
>>
>> Which is still invalid. Even if it did work more fully, though, how would it
>> determine the correct placement of the last line of code?
>> --
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>
> It should parse this as
>
> else:
>      print 'false'
>      print 'done'
>
> Why?  Because things like `print 'done'` usually have an empty line before it:

There is no such rule in Python so it hardly dependable for auto indenting.


> if True:
> print 'true'
> else:
> print 'false'
>
> print 'done'
>
> That should be parsed the way you want it done.  Makes perfect sense
> when you look at it.
>


-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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Is there an easy way to control indents in Python ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> - 2014-10-14 19:13 -0700
  Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-10-14 23:23 -0300
    Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 17:27 +1000
      Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 16:32 +0200
        Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 09:51 +1000
          Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-10-17 18:22 +1300
      Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-15 13:12 -0400
      Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 13:30 -0600
        Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Simon Kennedy <sffjunkie@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 07:08 -0700
          Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-17 02:02 +1100
          Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-18 21:53 +1100
            Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Simon Kennedy <sffjunkie@gmail.com> - 2014-10-20 08:54 -0700
              Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-20 11:54 -0600
                Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Simon Kennedy <sffjunkie@gmail.com> - 2014-10-21 01:45 -0700
                Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-21 11:09 -0600
              Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-20 11:57 -0600
              Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-10-20 17:04 -0200
              Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-20 13:40 -0600
              Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-10-20 20:43 +0100
              Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-10-20 20:30 -0200
              Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-10-20 21:13 -0400
  Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 13:18 +1100
  Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2014-10-14 19:38 -0700
  Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2014-10-14 21:35 -0500
  Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 13:47 +1100
  Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python jumppanen.jussi@gmail.com - 2014-10-21 06:51 -0700

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