Parentheses are not required after the assert
, del
, elif
, except
, for
,
if
, not
, raise
, return
, while
, and yield
keywords. Similarly,
parentheses are not required after in
in a for
loop. Using parentheses unnecessarily impairs readability, and therefore,
they should be omitted.
Noncompliant code example
x = 1
while (x < 10):
print "x is now %d" % (x)
x += 1
Compliant solution
x = 1
while x < 10:
print "x is now %d" % (x)
x += 1