[Python-Dev] Suggested addition to PEP 8 for context managers (original) (raw)

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Thu Apr 19 02:16:05 CEST 2012


Hrvoje Niksic wrote:

The same oddity occurs with expressions in kwargs calls:

func(pos1, pos2, keyword=foo + bar) I find myself wanting to add parentheses arround the + to make the code clearer.

Then why don't you?

In the above example, spaces around the + are not only optional but discouraged, this would be preferred:

func(pos1, pos2, keyword=foo+bar)

but if you insist on using spaces (perhaps because it is part of a larger expression) just use parentheses.

func(pos1, pos2, keyword=(foospamham*eggs + bar/spam**cheese))

Strictly speaking they're not needed, but if they make it easier to read (and I think they do) then why would you not use them?

-- Steven



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