This is the style I prefer, and an anecdotal exploration of styles
recommended in style guides etc. Further, to quote pep8:
The preferred way of wrapping long lines is by using Python's implied
line continuation inside parentheses, brackets and braces. Long lines
can be broken over multiple lines by wrapping expressions in
parentheses. These should be used in preference to using a backslash
for line continuation.
So I think this is a virtuous change.