Indentation style for method chaining

[nautat]

Indentation style for method chaining

[scotthmurray]

Thanks! I’ve gone back and forth on this, as I actually found the indentation style more confusing when I was just getting started. So for the book (and the sample code here), I abandoned it. But I see your (and Mike's) point, as once the concept of changing selections along the chain is understood, this indentation is helpful. I just didn't want to confuse the matter further, and wanted to keep the code as simple as possible to read.

You may have just convinced me otherwise, though. Let me revisit this and see how spacing could be addressed clearly in the book text.

[scotthmurray]

Following up on this, as I'm working on the 2nd edition now…

In the end, I agree with you about the value of Mike's indentation style. In practice, however, I'm not confident in the publishing platform's ability to maintain spacing accurately across all formats (print, ePub, Kindle, web). Given that, I don't want to risk committing to a more nuanced indentation convention, as it could backfire and actually be less readable (or more confusing) to people if the formatting doesn't come through as intended.

Thank you for this good suggestion, however!