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Re: [PATCH v7 06/10] iotests: limit line length to 79 chars
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John Snow |
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Re: [PATCH v7 06/10] iotests: limit line length to 79 chars |
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Fri, 6 Mar 2020 13:34:22 -0500 |
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On 3/6/20 5:14 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 05.03.2020 um 19:25 hat John Snow geschrieben:
>> On 3/5/20 6:55 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
>>> Am 05.03.2020 um 00:14 hat John Snow geschrieben:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/4/20 4:58 PM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>>>
>>> Adding back the context:
>>>
>>>> - sys.stderr.write('qemu-img received signal %i: %s\n' %
>>>> (-exitcode, ' '.join(qemu_img_args + list(args))))
>>>> + sys.stderr.write('qemu-img received signal %i: %s\n' % (
>>>> + -exitcode, ' '.join(qemu_img_args + list(args))))
>>>
>>>>> Do we want to indent Python like C and align argument below opening
>>>>> parenthesis? Except when using sys.stderr.write() you seem to do it.
>>>>
>>>> This isn't an argument to write, it's an argument to the format string,
>>>> so I will say "no."
>>>
>>> The argument to write() is an expression. This expression contains the %
>>> operator with both of its operands. It's still fully within the
>>> parentheses of write(), so I think Philippe's question is valid.
>>>
>>>> For *where* I've placed the line break, this is the correct indentation.
>>>> emacs's python mode will settle on this indent, too.
>>>>
>>>> https://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#indentation
>>>
>>> The PEP-8 examples are not nested, so it's not completely clear. I
>>> wonder if hanging indents wouldn't actually mean the following because
>>> if you line wrap an argument list (which contains the whole %
>>> expression), you're supposed to have nothing else on the line of the
>>> opening parenthesis:
>>>
>>> sys.stderr.write(
>>> 'qemu-img received signal %i: %s\n'
>>> % (-exitcode, ' '.join(qemu_img_args + list(args))))
>>>
>>
>> This is fine too.
>>
>>> But anyway, I think the question is more whether we want to use hanging
>>> indents at all (or at least if we want to use it even in cases where the
>>> opening parenthesis isn't already at like 70 characters) when we're
>>> avoiding it in our C coding style.
>>>
>>> There's no technical answer to this, it's a question of our preferences.
>>>
>>
>> Maybe it is ambiguous. Long lines are just ugly everywhere.
>>
>>>> (If anyone quotes Guido's belittling comment in this email, I will
>>>> become cross.)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But there are other places to put the line break. This is also
>>>> technically valid:
>>>>
>>>> sys.stderr.write('qemu-img received signal %i: %s\n'
>>>> % (-exitcode, ' '.join(qemu_img_args + list(args))))
>>>>
>>>> And so is this:
>>>>
>>>> sys.stderr.write('qemu-img received signal %i: %s\n' %
>>>> (-exitcode, ' '.join(qemu_img_args + list(args))))
>>>
>>> PEP-8 suggests the former, but allows both styles:
>>>
>>> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#should-a-line-break-before-or-after-a-binary-operator
>>>
>>
>> So in summary:
>>
>> - Avoid nested hanging indents from format operators
>> - Use a line break before the % format operator.
>> - OPTIONALLY(?), use a hanging indent for the entire format string to
>> reduce nesting depth.
>
> Yes, though I don't think of it as a special case for format strings. So
> I would phrase it like this:
>
> - Don't use hanging indent for any nested parentheses unless the outer
> parentheses use hanging indents, too.
> - Use a line break before binary operators.
> - OPTIONALLY, use a hanging indent for the top level(s) to reduce
> nesting depth.
>
> The first one is the only rule that involves some interpretation of
> PEP-8, the rest seems to be its unambiguous recommendation.
>
> Anyway, so I would apply the exact same rules to the following (imagine
> even longer expressions, especially the last example doesn't make sense
> with the short numbers):
>
> * bad:
> really_long_function_name(-1234567890 + 987654321 * (
> 1337 / 42))
>
> * ok:
> really_long_function_name(-1234567890 + 987654321
> * (1337 / 42))
>
> * ok:
> really_long_function_name(
> -1234567890 + 987654321
> * (1337 / 42))
>
> * ok:
> really_long_function_name(
> -1234567890 + 987654321 * (
> 1337 / 42))
>
>> e.g., either this form:
>> (using a line break before the binary operator and nesting to the
>> argument level)
>>
>> write('hello %s'
>> % (world,))
>>
>>
>> or optionally this form if it buys you a little more room:
>> (using a hanging indent of 4 spaces and nesting arguments at that level)
>>
>> write(
>> 'hello %s'
>> % ('world',))
>>
>>
>> but not ever this form:
>> (Using a hanging indent of 4 spaces from the opening paren of the format
>> operand)
>>
>> write('hello %s' % (
>> 'world',))
>>
>>
>>
>> yea/nea?
>>
>> (Kevin, Philippe, Markus, Max)
>
> Looks good to me.
>
> Kevin
>
Great, thanks!
I am sorry for having been so tetchy. I appreciate the reviews.
--js
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- [PATCH v7 06/10] iotests: limit line length to 79 chars, John Snow, 2020/03/04
- Re: [PATCH v7 06/10] iotests: limit line length to 79 chars, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé, 2020/03/04
- Re: [PATCH v7 06/10] iotests: limit line length to 79 chars, John Snow, 2020/03/04
- Re: [PATCH v7 06/10] iotests: limit line length to 79 chars, Kevin Wolf, 2020/03/05
- Re: [PATCH v7 06/10] iotests: limit line length to 79 chars, John Snow, 2020/03/05
- Re: [PATCH v7 06/10] iotests: limit line length to 79 chars, Kevin Wolf, 2020/03/06
- Re: [PATCH v7 06/10] iotests: limit line length to 79 chars,
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- Re: [PATCH v7 06/10] iotests: limit line length to 79 chars, Markus Armbruster, 2020/03/07