[Python-checkins] peps: Guido suggests alternative language for whitespace around operators.

barry.warsaw python-checkins at python.org
Thu Apr 19 19:42:30 CEST 2012


http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/37af28ad2972
changeset:   4276:37af28ad2972
user:        Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org>
date:        Thu Apr 19 13:42:24 2012 -0400
summary:
  Guido suggests alternative language for whitespace around operators.

files:
  pep-0008.txt |  6 +++++-
  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)


diff --git a/pep-0008.txt b/pep-0008.txt
--- a/pep-0008.txt
+++ b/pep-0008.txt
@@ -305,7 +305,11 @@
   ``>=``, ``in``, ``not in``, ``is``, ``is not``), Booleans (``and``,
   ``or``, ``not``).
 
-- Use spaces around arithmetic operators:
+- If operators with different priorities are used, consider adding
+  whitespace around the operators with the lowest priority(ies). Use
+  your own judgement; however, never use more than one space, and
+  always have the same amount of whitespace on both sides of a binary
+  operator.
 
   Yes::
 

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