Issue 16951: expand on meaning of 'string literals that rely on significant trailing whitespace' (original) (raw)

Created on 2013-01-13 10:43 by tshepang, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (4)
msg179861 - (view)	Author: Tshepang Lekhonkhobe (tshepang) *	Date: 2013-01-13 10:43
In PEP 8, there is: > Don't write string literals that rely on significant trailing whitespace It's not clear to me what this means, and therefore likely needs further explanation, or maybe an example.
msg179862 - (view)	Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) *	Date: 2013-01-13 10:47
It means not write a = "abc " as a = """abc """ with the four spaces trailing at the end of the line. I don't think there is a more concise way of putting it in the PEP.
msg179876 - (view)	Author: Tshepang Lekhonkhobe (tshepang) *	Date: 2013-01-13 14:21
> I don't think there is a more concise way of putting it in the PEP. Is it not more important to be clear than to be concise? Can't you put this info that PEP, or at least a link to this issue?
msg179879 - (view)	Author: Ezio Melotti (ezio.melotti) *	Date: 2013-01-13 14:38
I think the sentence is already clear enough --- editors often remove trailing spaces, so if they are significant (e.g. if they are in a string literal) they are at risk. This is actually more a general advice than a styling guideline, so I'm not even sure it belongs to the PEP 8.