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>>> "Ain't nothin' stoppin' this from usin' \"double quotes\"."  

'Ain\'t nothin\' stoppin\' this from usin\' "double quotes".'

IMHO it's a useful rule of thumb, but like most of the other alternatives presented in this thread, taken to extremes, it can get silly. (Imagine a string with 10 's and 9 "s, and adding two more "s to it...) But I suppose that's another reason these are just guidelines.

Dave Borowitz

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 5:00 PM, <skip@pobox.com> wrote:

>>>>> "Benji" == Benji York <benji@zope.com> writes:

   Benji> One such entry could be "Do what python does.":

   >>> 'I am a string.'
   'I am a string.'
   >>> "I'm a string"
   "I'm a string"

That would be the principle of fewest backslashes. ;-)

Skip

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