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[Python-Dev] Update PEP 7 to require curly braces in C

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Mon Jan 18 03:47:01 EST 2016 
On 18 January 2016 at 05:10, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> While doing a review of http://bugs.python.org/review/26129/ I asked to have
> curly braces put around all `if` statement bodies. Serhiy pointed out that
> PEP 7 says curly braces are optional:
> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0007/#id5. I would like to change that.
>
> My argument is to require them to prevent bugs like the one Apple made with
> OpenSSL about two years ago:
> https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/02/22/applebug.html. Skipping the curly
> braces is purely an aesthetic thing while leaving them out can lead to
> actual bugs.
>
> Anyone object if I update PEP 7 to remove the optionality of curly braces in
> PEP 7?

+1 from me, as I usually add them to code I'm editing anyway (I find
it too hard to read otherwise, especially when there's a long series
of them).

Cheers,
Nick.

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