On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:51 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve-remove-t...@cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 23:02:21 -0700, Yingjie Lan wrote: >> Hi, >> >> This is a mini-proposal I piggy-tailed in the other topic: >> >> Allow the conditions in the if-, elif-, while-, for-, and with-clauses >> to span multiple lines > [...] >> also, if we don't allow it, people just have to use >> parenthesis around the expressions to make that happen. > > You say that like it's a bad thing. > > That is kind of like saying "We should allow people to speed through red > traffic lights, because if we don't, they'll just wait for the light to > turn green!". Er, yes, and the problem is? > > If you need a multi-line conditional, wrap it in parentheses.
Or, if possible, refactor the conditional into a function (call) so it's no longer multiline in the first place. Cheers, Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
