[OT] Python indentation
bruno modulix
onurb at xiludom.gro
Wed Jul 7 16:16:32 EDT 2004
Reinhold Birkenfeld a écrit :
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>
(snip about 'why significative whitespace')
>>>
>>>Yes. It's about readability.
>>>
(snip)
>>Compare C and Python:
>>
>>In C, we have 10 lines
>>
>> if (condition)
>> {
>> doThis();
>> doThat();
>> }
>> else
>> {
>> doWhatever();
>> andSoOn();
>> }
>
>
> Well, one could apply another coding style in this example:
>
> if (condition) {
> doThis();
> doThat();
> } else {
> doWhatever();
> andSoOn();
> }
>
> which only takes 7 lines and is not much less readable.
For me it's as absolutely unreadable as the first snippet.
The only truely correct layout being (of course !-) :
if (condition)
{
doThis();
doThat();
}
else
{
doWhatever();
andSoOn();
}
> But I agree with
> you!
I do too. The fact is that there is no brace-and-indent-style-war with
Python !-)
Bruno
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