[Python-3000] [Python-Dev] updated PEP3125, Remove Backslash Continuation (original) (raw)

Neville Grech Neville Grech nevillegrech at gmail.com
Fri May 4 22:51:19 CEST 2007

This PEP is much more reasonable.

Should \-continuation be removed even inside strings? -1

Backslash continuation in strings is used a lot.. especially in strings that must not start with a newline but are written in the following format for clarity: '''
first line second line
'''

Should the continuation markers be expanced from just ([{}]) to include lines ending with an operator?

-1

I think that the following is much more clear:

a=(3 + 2 + 4) f(x)

than:

a= 3+ 2+ 4 f(x)

On 5/4/07, Steven Bethard <steven.bethard at gmail.com> wrote:

[cc -python-dev] On 5/4/07, Jim Jewett <jimjjewett at gmail.com> wrote: > Open Issues > =========== > > + Should \-continuation be removed even inside strings? I'm a strong -1 on this PEP if \-continuation is removed from inside triple-quoted strings. I'd hate to have to go from writing:: _>>> textwrap.dedent('''_ ... foo ... bar ... ''') 'foo\nbar\n' to writing:: >>> textwrap.dedent(''' ... foo ... bar ... '''[1:]) 'foo\nbar\n' or maybe:: >>> textwrap.dedent(''' ... foo ... bar ... '''.lstrip('\n')) 'foo\nbar\n' > + Should the continuation markers be expanced from just ([{}]) > to include lines ending with an operator? I think the only way to answer this is to have someone actually implement it, so that we can evaluate the complexity of the implementation. If someone can produce a patch, we can talk about this. > + As a safety measure, should the continuation line be required > to be more indented than the initial line? Again, let's see a patch and we can talk about it.

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