Bjoern Schliessmann wrote:
> Michael Hobbs wrote:
>
>> That is, assume that the expression ends at the colon, not at the
>> newline. That would make this type of statement possible:
>> if color == red or
>> color == blue or
>> color == green:
>> return 'primary'
>> Right now, such a statement would have to be spelled thus:
>> if color == red or \
>> color == blue or \
>> color == green:
>> return 'primary'
>> or
>> if (color == red or
>> color == blue or
>> color == green):
>> return 'primary'
>
> What about
>
> if color == red or blue or green:
> return 'primary'
>
> :)
>
> Really, I think it'd be more mess to let the if statement's end only
> depend on ":". I think there could arise situations that are messy
> to debug. If I need multiple lines I prefer the parentheses.
>
I still prefer
if color in (red, blue, green):
...
regards
Steve
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