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On 1/2/2012 5:32 PM, Raymond Hettinger wrote:I'm sure we can agree that 1) Nick isn't "pushing through" anything, this is a discussion about what to do, and 2) even if we agree to change PEP 7, no one would advocate having to go through all the C code to change it to a newly-agreed style.
Running \`\`grep -B1 else Objects/\*c\`\` shows that we've happily lived with a mixture of styles for a very long time.ISTM, our committers have had good instincts about when braces add clarity and when they add clutter.If Nick pushes through an always-use-braces mandate, A LOT of code will need to be changed.
\--Ned.
Raymond
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