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Re:Formatting code should be unnecessary by maratc on Monday September 08, 2025 @01:58PM (#45171582)
Ok, we're then back to `print` example:

    print(
        'Hello there from a very long line abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',
        sep=' ', 
        end='\n', 
        file=None, 
        flush=False,
    )
All of the existing named parameters to `print()` function are already provided, and that standard function is highly unlikely to change. Should I add another string to `print`, I will have to do it before the named parameters anyway. There is no sense in the trailing comma here however you look at it.

Edit: sorry for using single quotes, in my 20 years of writing Python it was never an issue, but now with `black` it apparently is.

Re:Formatting code should be unnecessary by iainmerrick on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @11:35AM (#45183454)
I think this boils it down to the essence. Whether you use a trailing comma here, and whether you use single or double quotes, is just bike-shedding. If there's an automated tool that can make a consistent choice everywhere, that's worthwhile.