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! ;)

[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

[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

[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. :)

[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