PEP 8 - Spaces around operators

Whitespace in Expressions and Statements

If operators with different priorities are used, consider adding whitespace around the operators with the lowest priority(ies)

Does ham[lower + offset : upper + offset] violate the above rule?

This often comes up with the Black formatter. Here’s what the Black docs say:

Slices

PEP 8 recommends to treat : in slices as a binary operator with the lowest priority, and to leave an
equal amount of space on either side, except if a parameter is omitted (e.g.
ham[1 + 1 :]). It recommends no spaces around : operators for “simple expressions”
(ham[lower:upper]), and extra space for “complex expressions”
(ham[lower : upper + offset]). Black treats anything more than variable names as
“complex” (ham[lower : upper + 1]). It also states that for extended slices, both :
operators have to have the same amount of spacing, except if a parameter is omitted
(ham[1 + 1 ::]). Black enforces these rules consistently.

This behaviour may raise E203 whitespace before ':' warnings in style guide
enforcement tools like Flake8. Since E203 is not PEP 8 compliant, you should tell
Flake8 to ignore these warnings.