On Jun 4, 10:09 pm, "Russ P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've always appreciated Python's lack of requirement for a semi-colon > at the end of each line. I also appreciate its rules for automatic > line continuation. If a statement ends with a "+", for example, Python > recognizes that the statement obviously must continue. > > I've noticed, however, that the same rule does not apply when a line > ends with "and," "or," or "not." Yes, it's a minor point, but > shouldn't the same rule apply? > > Seems like it would be easy to add.
Huh? This doesn't work either: >>> x = 2 + File "<stdin>", line 1 x = 2 + ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Implicit line continuation only happens if you have an unmatched '('. >>> x = (2 + ... 2 ... ) >>> x 4 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list