[Python-Dev] PEP 30XZ: Simplified Parsing

[Barry Warsaw]

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On May 2, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Alexey Borzenkov wrote:

> On 4/30/07, Jim Jewett <jimjjewett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     Python initially inherited its parsing from C.  While this has
>>     been generally useful, there are some remnants which have been
>>     less useful for python, and should be eliminated.
>>
>>     + Implicit String concatenation
>>
>>     + Line continuation with "\"
>
> I don't know if I can vote, but if I could I'd be -1 on this. Can't
> say I'm using continuation often, but there's one case when I'm using
> it and I'd like to continue using it:
>
>     #!/usr/bin/env python
>     """\
>     Usage: some-tool.py [arguments...]
>
>         Does this and that based on its arguments"""
>
>     if condition:
>         print __doc__
>         sys.exit(1)
>
> This way usage immediately stands out much better, without any
> unnecessary new lines.

Me too, all the time.

- -Barry

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