github psf/black 26.1a1

pre-release13 hours ago

This is a preview of the Black stable style for 2026 (#4892). Please test it and
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The following formatting changes are included:

  • always_one_newline_after_import: Always force one blank line after import
    statements, except when the line after the import is a comment or an import statement
    (#4489)
  • fix_fmt_skip_in_one_liners: Fix # fmt: skip behavior on one-liner declarations,
    such as def foo(): return "mock" # fmt: skip, where previously the declaration would
    have been incorrectly collapsed (#4800)
  • fix_module_docstring_detection: Fix module docstrings being treated as normal
    strings if preceded by comments (#4764)
  • fix_type_expansion_split: Fix type expansions split in generic functions (#4777)
  • multiline_string_handling: Make expressions involving multiline strings more compact
    (#1879)
  • normalize_cr_newlines: Add \r style newlines to the potential newlines to
    normalize file newlines both from and to (#4710)
  • remove_parens_around_except_types: Remove parentheses around multiple exception
    types in except and except* without as. See PEP 758 for details (#4720)
  • remove_parens_from_assignment_lhs: Remove unnecessary parentheses from the left-hand
    side of assignments while preserving magic trailing commas and intentional multiline
    formatting (#4865)
  • standardize_type_comments: Format type comments which have zero or more spaces
    between # and type: or between type: and value to # type: (value) (#4645)
  • Regenerated the _width_table.py and added tests for the Khmer language (#4253)

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