[Python-3000] Line continuation using ellipsis

[Steven Bethard]

On 4/13/07, Jim Jewett <jimjjewett at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/13/07, Paul Svensson <paul-python at svensson.org> wrote:
> > Talin wrote:
> > > I've never liked using the backslash operator for line continuation
>
> > Me neither, but the suggested replacements don't appeal to me either.
> > Is there any reason we can't just remove them ?
> > Is backslash continuation still needed anywhere,
>
>
>     >>> assert True,
>     SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>     >>> assert True, \
>            "ASDF"
>     >>>

Just like everywhere else, you can use parentheses:

>>> assert True, (
...     'ASDF')


STeVe
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