[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] peps: Add rules for indenting continuation lines.

[Greg Ewing]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Bingo. That's why. (Though you are missing some colons in your examples. :-)
> 
> --Guido
> 
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Glenn Linderman <v+python at g.nevcal.com> wrote:
> 
>>One place a double indent is extremely nice is for lines that initiate a new
>>indentation, but are themselves continued:
>>
>>if some_function(
>>        Some,
>>        Parameters,
>>        To,
>>        Pass,
>>        )
>>    If_True_Operations()

Another way to approach that is

if some_function(
     Some,
     Parameters,
     To,
     Pass,
     ):
         If_True_Operations()

i.e. indent the *body* one more place. This avoids the
jarriness of seeing an outdent that doesn't correspond
to the closing of a suite.

-- 
Greg