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@@ -27,44 +27,44 @@ content instead. possible. -## NOTE: This is an early pre-release - -*Black* can already successfully format itself and the standard library. -It also sports a decent test suite. However, it is still very new. -Things will probably be wonky for a while. This is made explicit by the -"Alpha" trove classifier, as well as by the "a" in the version number. -What this means for you is that **until the formatter becomes stable, -you should expect some formatting to change in the future**. - -Also, as a temporary safety measure, *Black* will check that the -reformatted code still produces a valid AST that is equivalent to the -original. This slows it down. If you're feeling confident, use -``--fast``. +## Installation and Usage - -## Installation +### Installation *Black* can be installed by running `pip install black`. It requires Python 3.6.0+ to run but you can reformat Python 2 code with it, too. -*Black* is able to parse all of the new syntax supported on Python 3.6 -but also *effectively all* the Python 2 syntax at the same time. -## Usage +### Usage +To get started right away with sensible defaults: ``` +black {source_file_or_directory} +``` + +### Command line options + +Black doesn't provide many options. You can list them by running +`black --help`: + +```text black [OPTIONS] [SRC]... Options: -l, --line-length INTEGER Where to wrap around. [default: 88] - --check Don't write back the files, just return the + --check Don't write the files back, just return the status. Return code 0 means nothing would change. Return code 1 means some files would be reformatted. Return code 123 means there was an internal error. + --diff Don't write the files back, just output a diff + for each file on stdout. --fast / --safe If --fast given, skip temporary sanity checks. [default: --safe] + -q, --quiet Don't emit non-error messages to stderr. Errors + are still emitted, silence those with + 2>/dev/null. --version Show the version and exit. --help Show this message and exit. ``` @@ -78,7 +78,22 @@ Options: used). -## The philosophy behind *Black* +### NOTE: This is an early pre-release + +*Black* can already successfully format itself and the standard library. +It also sports a decent test suite. However, it is still very new. +Things will probably be wonky for a while. This is made explicit by the +"Alpha" trove classifier, as well as by the "a" in the version number. +What this means for you is that **until the formatter becomes stable, +you should expect some formatting to change in the future**. + +Also, as a temporary safety measure, *Black* will check that the +reformatted code still produces a valid AST that is equivalent to the +original. This slows it down. If you're feeling confident, use +``--fast``. + + +## The *Black* code style *Black* reformats entire files in place. It is not configurable. It doesn't take previous formatting into account. It doesn't reformat @@ -87,12 +102,13 @@ recognizes [YAPF](https://github.com/google/yapf)'s block comments to the same effect, as a courtesy for straddling code. -### How *Black* formats files +### How *Black* wraps lines *Black* ignores previous formatting and applies uniform horizontal and vertical whitespace to your code. The rules for horizontal whitespace are pretty obvious and can be summarized as: do whatever -makes `pycodestyle` happy. +makes `pycodestyle` happy. The coding style used by *Black* can be +viewed as a strict subset of PEP 8. As for vertical whitespace, *Black* tries to render one full expression or simple statement per line. If this fits the allotted line length, @@ -148,7 +164,7 @@ def very_important_function( debug: bool = False, ): """Applies `variables` to the `template` and writes to `file`.""" - with open(file, 'w') as f: + with open(file, "w") as f: ... ``` @@ -160,20 +176,6 @@ between two distinct sections of the code that otherwise share the same indentation level (like the arguments list and the docstring in the example above). -Unnecessary trailing commas are removed if an expression fits in one -line. This makes it 1% more likely that your line won't exceed the -allotted line length limit. - -*Black* avoids spurious vertical whitespace. This is in the spirit of -PEP 8 which says that in-function vertical whitespace should only be -used sparingly. One exception is control flow statements: *Black* will -always emit an extra empty line after ``return``, ``raise``, ``break``, -``continue``, and ``yield``. This is to make changes in control flow -more prominent to readers of your code. - -That's it. The rest of the whitespace formatting rules follow PEP 8 and -are designed to keep `pycodestyle` quiet. - ### Line length @@ -214,10 +216,17 @@ bother you if you overdo it by a few km/h". ### Empty lines -*Black* will allow single empty lines left by the original editors, -except when they're added within parenthesized expressions. Since such -expressions are always reformatted to fit minimal space, this whitespace -is lost. +*Black* avoids spurious vertical whitespace. This is in the spirit of +PEP 8 which says that in-function vertical whitespace should only be +used sparingly. One exception is control flow statements: *Black* will +always emit an extra empty line after ``return``, ``raise``, ``break``, +``continue``, and ``yield``. This is to make changes in control flow +more prominent to readers of your code. + +*Black* will allow single empty lines inside functions, and single and +double empty lines on module level left by the original editors, except +when they're within parenthesized expressions. Since such expressions +are always reformatted to fit minimal space, this whitespace is lost. It will also insert proper spacing before and after function definitions. It's one line before and after inner functions and two lines before and @@ -228,9 +237,173 @@ entire function, use a docstring or put a leading comment in the function body. -### Editor integration +### Trailing commas + +*Black* will add trailing commas to expressions that are split +by comma where each element is on its own line. This includes function +signatures. + +Unnecessary trailing commas are removed if an expression fits in one +line. This makes it 1% more likely that your line won't exceed the +allotted line length limit. Moreover, in this scenario, if you added +another argument to your call, you'd probably fit it in the same line +anyway. That doesn't make diffs any larger. + +One exception to removing trailing commas is tuple expressions with +just one element. In this case *Black* won't touch the single trailing +comma as this would unexpectedly change the underlying data type. Note +that this is also the case when commas are used while indexing. This is +a tuple in disguise: ```numpy_array[3, ]```. + +One exception to adding trailing commas is function signatures +containing `*`, `*args`, or `**kwargs`. In this case a trailing comma +is only safe to use on Python 3.6. *Black* will detect if your file is +already 3.6+ only and use trailing commas in this situation. If you +wonder how it knows, it looks for f-strings and existing use of trailing +commas in function signatures that have stars in them. In other words, +if you'd like a trailing comma in this situation and *Black* didn't +recognize it was safe to do so, put it there manually and *Black* will +keep it. + +### Strings + +*Black* prefers double quotes (`"` and `"""`) over single quotes (`'` +and `'''`). It will replace the latter with the former as long as it +does not result in more backslash escapes than before. + +The main reason to standardize on a single form of quotes is aesthetics. +Having one kind of quotes everywhere reduces reader distraction. +It will also enable a future version of *Black* to merge consecutive +string literals that ended up on the same line (see +[#26](https://github.com/ambv/black/issues/26) for details). + +Why settle on double quotes? They anticipate apostrophes in English +text. They match the docstring standard described in PEP 257. An +empty string in double quotes (`""`) is impossible to confuse with +a one double-quote regardless of fonts and syntax highlighting used. +On top of this, double quotes for strings are consistent with C which +Python interacts a lot with. + +On certain keyboard layouts like US English, typing single quotes is +a bit easier than double quotes. The latter requires use of the Shift +key. My recommendation here is to keep using whatever is faster to type +and let *Black* handle the transformation. -* Visual Studio Code: [joslarson.black-vscode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=joslarson.black-vscode) +### Line Breaks & Binary Operators + +*Black* will break a line before a binary operator when splitting a block +of code over multiple lines. This is so that *Black* is compliant with the +recent changes in the [PEP 8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#should-a-line-break-before-or-after-a-binary-operator) +style guide, which emphasizes that this approach improves readability. + +This behaviour may raise ``W503 line break before binary operator`` warnings in +style guide enforcement tools like Flake8. Since ``W503`` is not PEP 8 compliant, +you should tell Flake8 to ignore these warnings. + +### Parentheses + +Some parentheses are optional in the Python grammar. Any expression can +be wrapped in a pair of parentheses to form an atom. There are a few +interesting cases: + +- `if (...):` +- `while (...):` +- `for (...) in (...):` +- `assert (...), (...)` +- `from X import (...)` + +In those cases, parentheses are removed when the entire statement fits +in one line, or if the inner expression doesn't have any delimiters to +further split on. Otherwise, the parentheses are always added. + + +## Editor integration + +### Emacs + +Use [proofit404/blacken](https://github.com/proofit404/blacken). + + +### PyCharm + +1. Install `black`. + + $ pip install black + +2. Locate your `black` installation folder. + + On MacOS / Linux / BSD: + + $ which black + /usr/local/bin/black # possible location + + On Windows: + + $ where black + %LocalAppData%\Programs\Python\Python36-32\Scripts\black.exe # possible location + +3. Open External tools in PyCharm with `File -> Settings -> Tools -> External Tools`. + +4. Click the + icon to add a new external tool with the following values: + - Name: Black + - Description: Black is the uncompromising Python code formatter. + - Program: