On Oct 11, 5:05�pm, Carl Banks <pavlovevide...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 11, 7:10�am, Grant Edwards <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > > > On 2009-10-11, metal <metal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I wonder the reason for ELIF. it's not aligned with IF, make code ugly > > > It most certainly is aligned with IF: > > > � if cond1: > > � � � do this > > � elif cond2: > > � � � do that > > � else: > > � � � do the other > > > The "if" "elif" and "else" are all aligned in all of the code > > I've ever seen. > > The condition in the elif clause is two columns to the right of the > condition in the if clause.
Why does that matter? Isn't whitespace only significant at the start of a line? > > It's a silly thing to worry about, in fact the slight visual > distinctness of it probably helps readability. It doesn't, but you're right, it's silly to worry about. > �Some people do get > finicky about columns and try to line things up all the time. � But you can do it if you really want to: a = 1 if a > 5: print a elif a > 10: print a / 3 else: print 'error' >It's > frustrating, wasteful, and ultimately hopeless, and sometimes > deceptive (lining things up can suggest relationships where none > exists) so I make it a point not to do it, however prettier it'll make > those two lines. The above example is of dubious value. Where I use it is places like ONE = gmpy.mpz( 1) TWO = gmpy.mpz( 2) THREE = gmpy.mpz( 3) TEN = gmpy.mpz(10) > > Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
