On Tue, 3 Oct 2017 03:00 am, Stefan Ram wrote: > My copy of pep 8 (from 2016) says:
Why don't you look at the current version, which is conveniently available to anyone on the internet, for free? https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ (Last commit to the PEP was Jul 12, 2017.) > Yes: > > def f(x): return 2*x > > . So this single-line style should not be that bad. That is specifically contrasted with using a lambda: f = lambda x: 2*x It shouldn't be read as a general approval to try to fit functions all in one line. > So, is this better: > > def f(x): > return 2*x Yes. > ? And is > > def f(x): > y = x*2 > return y > > better than > > def f(x): > y = x*2; return y Hell yes! A thousand times YES. One statement per line, except under the most unusual circumstances. Semi-colon separated statements are a convenience of use at the command line and REPL. -- Steve “Cheer up,” they said, “things could be worse.” So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
