In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, D'Arcy J.M. Cain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 19 Oct 2008 07:44:52 -0700 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz) wrote: >>> sys.stdout.write \ >>> ( >> >> Why are you using a backslash? > >Because he hasn't opened the paren yet. He could have put the open >paren on the same line as the write obviating the need for the >backslash but then his open/close parens wouldn't line up. It just a >matter of style.
Well, no, it's not *just* a matter of style. I'm strongly opposed to backslashes because they break when you get whitespace after them. (And note carefully that I said "when" and not "if".) -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ import antigravity -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
