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

[Peter Ludemann]

On 18 January 2016 at 23:25, Alexander Walters <tritium-list at sdamon.com>
wrote:

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> On 1/19/2016 02:21, Larry Hastings wrote:
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> On 01/18/2016 08:40 PM, Alexander Walters wrote:
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> I am not a core developer, but I just kind of feel its hypocritical to
> oppose always using brackets for the development of *python*
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> CPython isn't written in Python, it's written in C.  So we use C idioms,
> which naturally are different from Python idioms.
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> Yes, and always using brackets is an accepted C idiom (one of two, the
> other being only use brackets when you must).  Always using them is  more
> in line with the spirit of python.
>

​And in the spirit of safety, which I think is Brett's concern.
Yes, there are tools that could catch the Apple bug
<https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/02/22/applebug.html>, by catching
incorrect indentation. But if the rule is to *always* use braces, that just
feels safer. Even if it offends some people's ability to read everything at
one glance (my suggestion: use a smaller font or a larger screen; or
refactor the code so it isn't as big a chunk).

There's a fairly exhaustive list of styles here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indent_style
I'm sure that some of these have not been advocated in this thread.​



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> */arry*
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