Difference between double and single quotes

[Alex Martelli]

<pauljolly at my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8m64ij$f2k$1 at nnrp1.deja.com...
> Dear All,
>
> Please can someone tell me whether Python distinguishes between double
> and single quotes in any way? This was brought to my attention by a
> friend who queried my use of double and single quotes, saying that in
> the UNIX shell a distinction is made.

There are such distinctions in Unix shells, and in Perl, but not in Python.


Alex