wish: multiline comments

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Paul M writes:
 > Whoops, I sent that off without finishing...
 > 
 > After importing foo2 there is a *.pyc file of ~ 2.6MB.  Less than the
 > original *.py file of 2.8MB but quite large still.

Paul,
  You created a file with a very long docstring, which is retained.
Try creating a file that starts:

"""A really short string."""

""And now a really, really long one....

...

"""

  *That* should produce the small .pyc with only the first string
saved.


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.	     <fdrake at acm.org>
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