[issue42007] Line continuation after Boolean operation

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> added the comment:

Sorry, I don't think this proposal has a chance.  

Python doesn't require statement terminators like ";" in C.  Accordingly, it needs to have a clean and consistent rule to close a statement.  The rule that has worked well for us it that a statement is terminated by a newline unless there is a line continuation character, or a colon to begin a new suite, or an open expression delimiter (parenthesis, square bracket or curly brace). 

Adding a special case exception to the rule might look nice but would complicate learning the language, and it would complicate the implementation as well.

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nosy: +rhettinger

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