On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:28:52 -0700, bruno.desthuilli...@gmail.com wrote: > 1/ you can consider the equal sign ('=') is the "binding operator". > > 2/ since {'key':'val'} is equivalent to dict(key=val), you can consider > colons as a binding operator here
But PEP 8 (under Other Recommendations) indicates spaces around the former but not the latter: key = val dict(key=val) We all know that there should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it. But what do we also know about foolish consistency? Dan -- Dan Sommers A death spiral goes clock- <http://www.tombstonezero.net/dan/> wise north of the equator. Atoms are not things. -- Werner Heisenberg -- Dilbert's PHB -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list