on = style

[bartc]

On 09/10/2017 07:40, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:
> hi just a quick question, why is
> 
> my_pens = 4
> my_pencils = 5
> 
> is preffered to
> 
> my_pens     = 4
> my_pencils = 5
> 
> *referring to = symbol alignment


I will sometimes line things up, if a block of assignments are related:

   red     = 1
   green   = 2
   blue    = 3

There might sometimes be extra maintenance if you then add:

   turquoise = 4

and have to readjust the others, or you add:

   yellow    = 201

and prefer the number should be aligned right-justified:

   red       =   1
   green     =   2
   blue      =   3
   turquoise =   4
   yellow    = 201

but it's not hard. Although it might not be worth doing until a program 
is finished. Compare to:

   red = 1
   green = 2
   blue = 3
   turquoise = 4
   yellow = 201

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bartc