'"""' and linefeed characters

[Erik Max Francis]

Matthew Cline wrote:
> 
> I'm assuming that returns in a '"""' quoted string are given
> the linefeed character(s) of the operating system Python is
> run on.  Is this right?
> 
> Thanks in advance.

They're given a newline ('\n'), which is independent of the end-of-line
sequence of your operating system.

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