[Python-Dev] Implicit String Concatenation and Octal Literals Was: PEP 30XZ: Simplified Parsing

[skip at pobox.com]

>>>>> "skip" == skip  <skip at pobox.com> writes:

    Raymond> Another way to look at it is to ask whether we would consider
    Raymond> adding implicit string concatenation if we didn't already have
    Raymond> it.

    skip> As I recall it was a "relatively recent" addition.  Maybe 2.0 or
    skip> 2.1?  It certainly hasn't been there from the beginning.

Misc/HISTORY suggests this feature was added in 1.0.2 (May 1994).  Apologies
for my bad memory.

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