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Mon Jan 2 23:32:14 CET 2012 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-January/115250.html

On Jan 2, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:

> I might add that assuming you have braces, PEP 7 would want you to format it as
> 
> if (cond) {
>    statement;
> }
> else {
>    more_stuff;
> }
> 

Running  ``grep -B1 else Objects/*c`` shows that we've happily lived with a mixture of styles for a very long time.
ISTM, our committers have had good instincts about when braces add clarity and when they add clutter.
If Nick pushes through an always-use-braces mandate, A LOT of code will need to be changed.

Raymond

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