On 2013/01/22 5:01 AM, Varoquaux wrote:
> In lib/matplotlib/lines.py:
>
>>
>>          # Convert points to pixels
>> -        path, affine = self._get_transformed_path().get_transformed_path_and_affine()
>> +        path, affine = \
>
> I was thinking of PR I reviewed that weren't specifically pep8 patches:
> I don't mind either of them. I think if I was coding (and not just
> pep8-ising the code) I would avoid having backslashes such as this one,
> but I've also introduced bugs when pep8-ising code and adding temporary
> variables.

Granted, one has to be careful, but I *really* hate trailing 
backslashes.  I would either use the temporary variable, or accept the 
longer line.  Or you could use parentheses, which would be ugly, but not 
quite as ugly as the trailing backslash.


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