Python gets a "Developer-in-Residence"

Posted Jul 31, 2021 10:53 UTC (Sat) by rsidd (subscriber, #2582)
In reply to: Python gets a "Developer-in-Residence" by LtWorf
Parent article: Python gets a "Developer-in-Residence"

It aims to minimize diffs. The version-to-version changes suggest that some small specific bits, at most, would be reformatted, so the diff from formatting a previously Black-formatted file with a new Black version should be tiny.

If you really have an example where the entire file was changed by a new version of Black, why not report that as a bug? I don't see how that can happen with any format tool, actually.

Python gets a "Developer-in-Residence"

Posted Jul 31, 2021 13:42 UTC (Sat) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

> I don't see how that can happen with any format tool, actually.

The usual culprits in my experience include (in a rough order):

- line length breaking heuristics
- updates to the language (e.g., C++03 → C++11 made lots of "> >" → ">>" diff noise)
- more insight into comments (reflowing paragraphs or such) or macros