[Python-3000] [Python-Dev] updated PEP3125, Remove Backslash Continuation

[Neville Grech Neville Grech]

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.
>
>
> STeVe
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