On 18/10/2012 07:06, Zero Piraeus wrote:
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Okay, so, first thing vaguely Python-related that comes to mind [so
probably not even slightly original, but then that's not really the
point]:
What are people's preferred strategies for dealing with lines that go
over 79 characters? A few I can think of off the bat:
1. Say "screw it" and go past 79, PEP8 be damned.
2. Say "screw it" and break the line using a backslash.
3. Say "well, at least it's not a backslash" and break the line using
parentheses.
4. Spend 45 minutes trying to think up shorter [but still sensible]
variable names to make it fit.
5. Perform an otherwise pointless assignment to a temp variable on the
previous line to make it fit.
6. Realise that if it's that long, it probably shouldn't have been a
list comprehension in the first place.
Any I've missed? Any preferences?
-[]z.
I suggest re-reading PEP 8, particularly the section titled "A Foolish
Consistency is the Hobgoblin of Little Minds" and specifically the first
sentence of the third paragraph "But most importantly: know when to be
inconsistent -- sometimes the style guide just doesn't apply."
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Cheers.
Mark Lawrence.
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