Proof that \ is a better line joiner than parenthetical sets

John Salerno

Goofy post of the day...

According to the Zen of Python, "explicit is better than implicit", and the
section in the Reference Manual describing the \ line joiner is called
"Explicit line joining" and the section describing parentheticals is called
"Implicit line joining."

So there! ;)

Jun 27 '08 #1

Joshua Kugler

John Salerno wrote:

According to the Zen of Python, "explicit is better than implicit", and
the section in the Reference Manual describing the \ line joiner is called
"Explicit line joining" and the section describing parentheticals is
called "Implicit line joining."

So there! ;)

However, according to the Zen of Python, the line before

"Explicit is better than implicit."

says:

"Beautiful is better than ugly."

And I think putting parenthesis around a multi-line statement is much
prettier.

So there! :)

j

Jun 27 '08 #2

Chris Ortner

One or more spaces behind a \ used for joining a multi-line statement
can already generate a SyntaxError exception.

2:1 for paranthesis

Jun 27 '08 #3

John Salerno

"Joshua Kugler" <jk*****@bigfoot.comwrote in message
news:ma*************************************@pytho n.org...

However, according to the Zen of Python, the line before

"Explicit is better than implicit."

says:

"Beautiful is better than ugly."

And I think putting parenthesis around a multi-line statement is much
prettier.

So there! :)

Oh, I just got owned! It seems there's a zen to the Zen, as well!

And for what it's worth, I actually like the parentheses better anyway. :)

Jun 27 '08 #4

Jordan Greenberg

Joshua Kugler wrote:

"Beautiful is better than ugly."
And I think putting parenthesis around a multi-line statement is much
prettier.

So there! :)

j

And PEP 8 agrees with you. Another vote for parens.

-Jordan

Jun 27 '08 #5