Hi so - in http://docs.openstack.org/developer/hacking/
it has as bullet point 4: Long lines should be wrapped in parentheses in preference to using a backslash for line continuation. I'm seeing in some reviews a request for () over \ even when \ is significantly clearer. I'd like us to avoid meaningless reviewer churn here: can we either: - go with PEP8 which also prefers () but allows \ when it is better - and reviewers need to exercise judgement when asking for one or other - make it a hard requirement that flake8 detects My strong recommendation is to go with PEP8 and exercising of judgement. The case that made me raise this is this: folder_exists, file_exists, file_size_in_kb, disk_extents = \ self._path_file_exists(ds_browser, folder_path, file_name) Wrapping that in brackets gets this; folder_exists, file_exists, file_size_in_kb, disk_extents = ( self._path_file_exists(ds_browser, folder_path, file_name)) Which is IMO harder to read - double brackets, but no function call, and no tuple: it's more ambiguous than \. from https://review.openstack.org/#/c/48544/15/nova/virt/vmwareapi/vmops.py Cheers, Rob -- Robert Collins <rbtcoll...@hp.com> Distinguished Technologist HP Converged Cloud _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev