On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 5:40 PM, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer <arj.pyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi just a quick question, why is > > my_pens = 4 > my_pencils = 5 > > is preffered to > > my_pens = 4 > my_pencils = 5 > > *referring to = symbol alignment
Because when you add a new variable: my_mousepads = 6 you then have to add extra spaces to each of the other lines. That's spurious changes in a diff, unnecessary edits that you have to make, and lots of pointless work. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list