[python-win32] Request for comments - the spaces issue

[Michael Foord]

Dahlstrom, Roger wrote:
> Ha - you'd hate my code then.  I like a lot of spaces, makes it easier for me to keep the blocks seperated. 
>   

I'm afraid that I abhor them. :-)

Michael Foord
http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-win32-bounces at python.org [mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Tim Golden
> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 4:28 AM
> Cc: Python-Win32 List
> Subject: Re: [python-win32] Request for comments - the spaces issue
>
> [bob gailer]
>   
>>> Please omit the space before ( in code. I find that very distracting. 
>>> Example:
>>>
>>> print result.Properties_ ("sValue").Value # current
>>>
>>> print result.Properties_("sValue").Value # preferred, and how most 
>>> code I've seen looks.
>>>       
>
> [Tim Roberts]
>   
>> Do you understand that this is strictly a personal preference?  Some 
>> people like it, some people don't.  You are certainly allowed to 
>> "prefer" one over the other, but it's a bit much to ask someone else to 
>> change their coding style to match yours, unless you are a paying 
>> client.  ;)
>>     
>
> [Roger Dahlstrom]
>   
>> I'd add to that that I prefer the space, and I only use notepad++ for 
>> coding.  Everything worked fine for me.
>>     
>
> On balance I'm inclined to stick to my spaces-before style, not
> least because I've been coding that way for well over 20 years
> and it's not that easy to change, even if I felt well-disposed.
> (Which I don't :) )
>
> Apologies to Bob & anyone else who finds this style irksome. As
> you might imagine, I find the opposite style cluttered and hard
> to read. Likewise I imagine there are many who find my two-spaces
> indent style cluttered while I find even four and certainly any
> more to be grotesquely elongated.
>
> TJG
>
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