On Jul 21, 1:46 pm, Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8...@gmail.com> wrote: > [snip PGP noise!] > On 2011.07.21 01:32 PM, Thomas Jollans wrote: > So, the PEP says: do not align operators. End of story. > > I'm pretty sure that colons, commas and equals signs are not operators.
'au contraire mon frere'. Colons in a dictionary are assignment operators! The colon tells Python to assign a value to a key. Likewise for commas which separate values in containers. And of all things; YES, an equals sign IS most assuredly an assignment operator. > [snip MORE PGP noise!] Lining up columns the way you propose is a major headache; as has been pointed out. And i find it much less readable myself. "Consistency is the Key"; remember? Consistency is not just a singular term applied only to intelligent agents; no! It can just as well apply to "collective behavior" consistency. The fact remains: the chances of scanning across an empty void and finding the correct row diminish exponentially by the the width of said void (amount of space between columns) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
