[Python-Dev] String literal concatenation & docstrings

[Guido van Rossum]

> So how is this for new wording?
> 
> "Multiple adjacent string literals (delimited by whitespace), possibly using
> different quoting conventions, are allowed, and their meaning is the same as 
> their concatenation as long as the newline separating them is not signifcant to
> the parser."

I'm not sure it needs clarifying; it's the reference manual after all,
not a tutorial.

I'd rather let the grammar speak for itself; there's no ambiguity in
that, and the words are just there to clarify the *semantics*.

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