[Python-Dev] PEP 7 clarification request: braces

Mon Jan 2 09:47:14 CET 2012

On Jan 1, 2012, at 8:44 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> I've been having an occasional argument with Benjamin regarding braces
> in 4-line if statements:
>> if (cond)
> statement;
> else
> statement;
>> vs.
>> if (cond) {
> statement;
> } else {
> statement;
> }

Really? Do we need to have a brace war?
People have different preferences.
The standard library includes some of both styles
depending on what the maintainer thought was cleanest to their eyes in a given context.
Raymond