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> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:28:23 -0400
> From: xbmuncher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Is there python editor or plugin for a python
> editor for curly brackets around code blocks?
> To: "Timothy Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: tutor@python.org
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> I talked about earlier how the main problem for me wanting to use
> curly
> braces is because of the visual ease of seeing the end of the code
> blocks..
> well you can change the indention guidelines on most code editors to a
> bright color and this might be the next best thing. Also a good
> feature to
> implement is just like there are highlighted curly braces when your
> mouse or
> key presses are inside certain code blocks, they should highlight or
> change
> the indentation guides to the same effect....
Highlighted braces are only useful for detecting misleading indentation,
in python, since indentation is part of the syntax (instead of just a
visual marker) highlighting brace/indentation lost 50% of its
usefulness.
In python, to see where a block ends, you just need to skim for the
first line that have less indentation than the current block.
Well, admittably, in a multilevel block that ends at the same time, it
is sometimes hard to identify which level is ended, especially if the
indentation is small:
def blah():
def innerfunc(foo):
for i in range(100):
if i == foo:
while i:
i -= 1
for i in range(10):
print i
innerfunc(10)
but that's why PEP 8 (Style Guidelines) recommends using 4 spaces which
is quite a lot. Anyway, if you have a code that is more than 4 levels
deep, it is a good indication that it may require refactoring.
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