I for one do not like \ continuation lines. I think they look ugly and prefer using () and formatting code to avoid them.
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 3:28 PM, Sean McGinnis <[email protected]> wrote: > Looking for input from everyone, particularly those with more in-depth > Python knowledge. > > In Cinder for some time we have been trying to enforce using () or > reformatting code to avoid using \ to have statements span multiple > lines. I'm not sure when this actually started, but I think it may > be one of those things where someone got a review disagreement, so > then that person started downvoting on it, then the next person, etc. > > I've seen some allusions to the use of \ having some issues, but I > can't find any concrete examples where this can cause problems. I do > seem to remember trying to write a hacking check or a code parsing > tool to do something that choked on these, but it's long enough ago > that I don't remember the details, and I could very well be mixing > that up with something else. > > So my question is - is there a technical reason for enforcing this > rule, or is this just a bad downvote that's gotten out of control? > > Thanks! > > Sean > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >
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