Yes, PEP8 got picky about line continuations, and then didn't specify the `if` case. Few of the responses at  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/181530/python-style-multiple-line-conditions-in-ifs look right. I tend to agree with the answer at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5117065/code-style-for-indent-of-multi-line-if-statement-in-pythonl