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

[Brett Cannon]

On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 at 19:33 Martin Panter <vadmium+py at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 19 January 2016 at 20:12, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> > Here is a proposed update:
> >
> > diff -r 633f51d10a67 pep-0007.txt
> > --- a/pep-0007.txt Mon Jan 18 10:52:57 2016 -0800
> > +++ b/pep-0007.txt Tue Jan 19 12:11:44 2016 -0800
> > @@ -75,9 +75,9 @@
> >        }
> >
> >  * Code structure: one space between keywords like ``if``, ``for`` and
> > -  the following left paren; no spaces inside the paren; braces may be
> > -  omitted where C permits but when present, they should be formatted
> > -  as shown::
> > +  the following left paren; no spaces inside the paren; braces are
> > +  strongly preferred but may be omitted where C permits, and they
> > +  should be formatted as shown::
> >
> >        if (mro != NULL) {
> >            ...
>
> This change seems to be accidentally smuggled in, in the guise of a
> PEP 512 update :)
>

Darn, sorry about that; forgot I had that change sitting in my peps
checkout. I'll revert it when I get home (unless the change is actually
acceptable to Guido).

-Brett


>
> My view is I prefer always using curly brackets in my own code. It is
> easier to add printf() debugging without making mistakes. I support
> “strongly preferring” them in the style guide, which is as much as a
> style guide can do anyway.
>
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