On Thursday, April 4, 2013 4:52:38 AM UTC-7, Roy Smith wrote: > In article <c338b844-e9ce-46a7-9daf-203743723...@googlegroups.com>, > > llanitedave <llanited...@veawb.coop> wrote: > > > > > I would hate to have to break up this line, for instance: > > > > > > self.mainLabel.SetFont(wx.Font(12, wx.DEFAULT, wx.NORMAL, wx.BOLD, faceName > > = > > > "FreeSans")) > > > > I would write that as some variation on > > > > self.mainLabel.SetFont(wx.Font(12, > > wx.DEFAULT, > > wx.NORMAL, > > wx.BOLD, > > faceName="FreeSans")) > > > > This lets the reader see at a glance that all the arguments go with > > wx.Font(), not with SetFont(), without having to visually parse and > > match parenthesis levels. > > > > Actually, I would probably break it up further as: > > > > my_font = wx.Font(12, > > wx.DEFAULT, > > wx.NORMAL, > > wx.BOLD, > > faceName="FreeSans") > > self.mainLabel.SetFont(my_font) > > > > The last thing on my mind when deciding how to format this is whether I > > would be able to punch it onto a single card.
To each their own, definitely. For myself, I don't see the utility in adding a bunch of what appears to be superfluous horizontal white space at the expense of extra lines to scroll down. I like to limit my scrolling needs in *both* directions. (Although I do tend to be fairly generous with blank lines to break up code "paragraphs") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
