[Python-ideas] Idea for new multi-line triple quote literal

[Steven D'Aprano]

On 01/07/13 12:49, nbv4 wrote:
> "dedent" is a weird word, maybe "unindent" would be better?

The de- prefix is a standard English prefix meaning removal, negation or reversal:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/de-


Neologism or not, I think that dedent is sufficiently understandable and widespread that there's no need to deprecate it in favour of "outdent". It's being used in the F# and Ruby communities, as well as Python:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dedent

https://github.com/cespare/ruby-dedent


-- 
Steven