This PEP is much more reasonable.
Should ``\``-continuation be removed even inside strings? -1
Backslash continuation in strings is used a lot.. especially in strings
that must not start with a newline but are written in the following format
for clarity:
'''\
first line
second line\
'''
Should the continuation markers be expanced from just ([{}]) to include
lines ending with an operator?
-1
I think that the following is much more clear:
a=(3 +
2 +
4)
f(x)
than:
a= 3+
2+
4
f(x)
On 5/4/07, Steven Bethard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[cc -python-dev]
On 5/4/07, Jim Jewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Open Issues
> ===========
>
> + Should ``\``-continuation be removed even inside strings?
I'm a strong -1 on this PEP if ``\``-continuation is removed from
inside triple-quoted strings. I'd hate to have to go from writing::
>>> textwrap.dedent('''\
... foo
... bar
... ''')
'foo\nbar\n'
to writing::
>>> textwrap.dedent('''
... foo
... bar
... '''[1:])
'foo\nbar\n'
or maybe::
>>> textwrap.dedent('''
... foo
... bar
... '''.lstrip('\n'))
'foo\nbar\n'
> + Should the continuation markers be expanced from just ([{}])
> to include lines ending with an operator?
I think the only way to answer this is to have someone actually
implement it, so that we can evaluate the complexity of the
implementation. If someone can produce a patch, we can talk about
this.
> + As a safety measure, should the continuation line be required
> to be more indented than the initial line?
Again, let's see a patch and we can talk about it.
STeVe
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