Formalise style preference description (#2818)

[etc/vim.git] / docs / the_black_code_style / current_style.md

diff --git a/docs/the_black_code_style/current_style.md b/docs/the_black_code_style/current_style.md
index 5be7ba6dbdbdccb4880251424c3a6cae3eb7ed9c..0bf5894abdd6202d9298738f79d00c1b26e689d3 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/the_black_code_style/current_style.md
+++ b/docs/the_black_code_style/current_style.md
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 
 ## Code style
 
 
 ## Code style
 

-_Black_ reformats entire files in place. Style configuration options are deliberately
-limited and rarely added. It doesn't take previous formatting into account, except for
-the magic trailing comma and preserving newlines. It doesn't reformat blocks that start
-with `# fmt: off` and end with `# fmt: on`, or lines that ends with `# fmt: skip`.
+_Black_ aims for consistency, generality, readability and reducing git diffs. Similar
+language constructs are formatted with similar rules. Style configuration options are
+deliberately limited and rarely added. Previous formatting is taken into account as
+little as possible, with rare exceptions like the magic trailing comma. The coding style
+used by _Black_ can be viewed as a strict subset of PEP 8.
+
+_Black_ reformats entire files in place. It doesn't reformat blocks that start with
+`# fmt: off` and end with `# fmt: on`, or lines that ends with `# fmt: skip`.

 `# fmt: on/off` have to be on the same level of indentation. It also recognizes
 [YAPF](https://github.com/google/yapf)'s block comments to the same effect, as a
 courtesy for straddling code.
 `# fmt: on/off` have to be on the same level of indentation. It also recognizes
 [YAPF](https://github.com/google/yapf)'s block comments to the same effect, as a
 courtesy for straddling code.


@@ -18,8 +22,7 @@ running `black --preview`.
 
 _Black_ ignores previous formatting and applies uniform horizontal and vertical
 whitespace to your code. The rules for horizontal whitespace can be summarized as: do
 
 _Black_ ignores previous formatting and applies uniform horizontal and vertical
 whitespace to your code. The rules for horizontal whitespace can be summarized as: do

-whatever makes `pycodestyle` happy. The coding style used by _Black_ can be viewed as a
-strict subset of PEP 8.
+whatever makes `pycodestyle` happy.

 
 As for vertical whitespace, _Black_ tries to render one full expression or simple
 statement per line. If this fits the allotted line length, great.
 
 As for vertical whitespace, _Black_ tries to render one full expression or simple
 statement per line. If this fits the allotted line length, great.