A really bad idea.

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> The one feature I'm unhappy with in python mode is text wrapping...

    Erik> Indeed, this is the only fault I have with python-mode as well.

I passed the earlier solution along to Barry Warsaw, Elisper Extraordinaire.
He apparently hadn't seen it before.  Look for it in a future
python-mode.el, coming to a disk near you...

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