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How to break a line in a function definition in Python according to pep8?

I have the following line of code that is just over the limit of 79 characters:

def ReportResults(self, intTestID, startTime, stopTime, version, serverType):

How do I break the line in the correct way according to pep8?

Solution

  • According to PEP8:

    The Python standard library is conservative and requires limiting lines to 79 characters (and docstrings/comments to 72).

    This is in my opinion the main rule to observe.

    Besides this rule, PEP8 recommends aligning brackets, so I would do something like this: 

    def report_results(self,
                   intTestID,
                   startTime,
                   stopTime,
                   version,
                   serverType):
    pass

    Note that I renamed your method report_results, following the recommended lower_case_with_underscores. Also, notice that the indentation should be aligned with the first letter of the first parameter and not the parenthesis.