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PEP8: Dictionary values should have an extra indent
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JelteF committed Oct 9, 2016
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var_one, var_two,
var_three, var_four)

For dictionaries there is an extra rule. When placing a dictionary key on a new
line an additional hanging indent should be added. This is so it is easy to
differentiate between keys and values.

Yes::

# Keys alligned with opening delimiter, values have an extra indent
mydict = {'firstkey':
'a very very very very very long value',
'secondkey': 'a short value',
'thirdkey': 'a very very very'
' long value that continues on the next line'
' and even on the line after that.',
}

# Keys one and values with two hanging indents
mydict = {
'firstkey':
'a very very very very very long value',
'secondkey': 'a short value',
'thirdkey': 'a very very very'
' long value that continues on the next line'
' and even on the line after that.',
}

# Continuing value indented to column where the value starts
mydict = {
'thirdkey': 'a very very very'
' long value that continues on the next line'
' and even on the line after that.',
}


No::

# Keys and values indented in the same way.
mydict = {'firstkey':
'a very very very very very long value',
'secondkey': 'a short value',
'thirdkey': 'a very very very'
' long value that continues on the next line',
' and even on the line after that.'
}


.. _`multiline if-statements`:

When the conditional part of an ``if``-statement is long enough to require
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