Is it Python or is it C ?

[Greg Ewing]

Steve Holden wrote:
> since in UK usage
> the closing punctuation is also used to close the sentence, and
> so we would write:
> 
> ... to "which preferred pydioms yield the best performing bytecode?"
> 
> whereas I understand correct American usage would be:
> 
> ... to "which preferred pydioms yield the best performing bytecode"?

My understanding is that if the thing being quoted is a complete
sentence in itself, the closing punctuation goes inside the
quote, otherwise it goes outside. E.g.

   The question is: "Which preferred pydioms yield the best 
   performing bytecode?"

as opposed to something like

   There is a question as to which preferred pydioms yield
   "the best performing bytecode".

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