From: Ɓukasz Langa Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 22:45:38 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Document string prefix standardization X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/vim.git/commitdiff_plain/262230a13b5ff18a433222a046725d2f3423bd81?hp=2c6413f2b250be2d52cad461c67a4d1c3a0099af Document string prefix standardization --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 00c8ee4..0571a97 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ keep it. and `'''`). It will replace the latter with the former as long as it does not result in more backslash escapes than before. +*Black* also standardizes string prefixes, making them always lowercase. +On top of that, if your code is already Python 3.6+ only or it's using +the `unicode_literals` future import, *Black* will remove `u` from the +string prefix as it is meaningless in those scenarios. + 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 @@ -557,6 +562,10 @@ More details can be found in [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md). * empty parentheses in a class definition are now removed (#145, #180) +* string prefixes are now standardized to lowercase and `u` is removed + on Python 3.6+ only code and Python 2.7+ code with the `unicode_literals` + future import (#188, #198, #199) + * fixed an invalid trailing comma sometimes left in imports (#185) * fixed non-deterministic formatting when multiple pairs of removable parentheses