[Python-Dev] Update PEP 7 to require curly braces in C

[Brett Cannon]

On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 at 11:10 Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:

> While doing a review of http://bugs.python.org/review/26129/ I asked to
> have curly braces put around all `if` statement bodies. Serhiy pointed out
> that PEP 7 says curly braces are optional:
> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0007/#id5. I would like to change
> that.
>
> My argument is to require them to prevent bugs like the one Apple made
> with OpenSSL about two years ago:
> https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/02/22/applebug.html. Skipping the
> curly braces is purely an aesthetic thing while leaving them out can lead
> to actual bugs.
>
> Anyone object if I update PEP 7 to remove the optionality of curly braces
> in PEP 7?
>

Currently this thread stands at:

+1
  Brett
  Ethan
  Robert
  Georg
  Nick
  Maciej Szulik
+0
  Guido
-0
  Serhiy
  MAL
-1
  Victor (maybe; didn't specifically vote)
  Larry
  Stefan
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