Once you are in the parentheses line breaks in python are just fine, no additional symbols needed.
result = ((( 1 +
3 +
8) /
2)
* 6)
Also works as a way to deal with long strings without the \.
long_string = ('hello'
'really'
' really'
' long'
' line'
)Line breaks in Python are generally unconventional. For what it is worth, the PEP 8 recommendation is for the operator to begin the line (Knuth style), i.e.
result = ((( 1
+ 3
+ 8)
/ 2)
* 6)
As expressions become more complex, languages with infix operators are faced with the choice between some form of operator precedence and strict left to right (or right to left) application. It is hard to look at:
and see the implicit parenthesis. And maybe not having to figure out where the implicit parentheses go in complex cases is part of the attraction of Lisp syntax. Lisp code does not require going to the rule book as often.