[Python-Dev] Re: Decorators: vertical bar syntax (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Tue Aug 10 08:42:25 CEST 2004

David Eppstein wrote:

I think quoted string recognition in Python is still regular, not context-free. Anyway, the syntax highlighters in editors that I've used don't seem to have a problem with it.

shouldn't a simple parenthesis counter suffice? you have to count parens in many cases anyway (e.g. to find function bodies).

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