[Python-Dev] odd interpreter feature (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Wed, 7 May 2003 09:24:46 -0500

I was editing the tutorial just now and noticed the secondary prompt (...) in a situation where I didn't think it was appropriate:

>>> # The argument of repr() may be any Python object:
... repr(x, y, ('spam', 'eggs'))
"(32.5, 40000, ('spam', 'eggs'))"

It's caused by the trailing colon at the end of the comment. I verified it using current CVS:

>>> hello = 'hello, world\n' hellos = repr(hello) print hellos
'hello, world\n'
>>> # hello:
...
>>>

Shouldn't the trailing colon be ignored in comments? Bug, feature or wart?

Skip