Andrew Berg wrote: > I try to avoid aligning things unless not doing it really hurts > readability for that reason. For example, in most of my source files, I > use tabs to indent. Since Python won't allow a mix of tabs and spaces > (for whitespace) on one line, I don't try to align things: > > else: > self.x264_cmd = [ > self.x264_exe, self.avs_file, > '--fps', self.fpsr, > '--sar', self.sar, [snip rest of code] > However, when alignment really matters, such as in a module's setup.py, > spaces are the way to go: > > from distutils.core import setup > > setup( > name = 'Elucidation', > version = '0.0.1-WIP', [snip]
Hilariously, in my newsreader, the first example (allegedly unaligned) was lined up as straight as an arrow, while the allegedly aligned second example was completely jagged and all over the place :) The perils of proportional fonts. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
