hash comments in interactive shell

[John Belmonte]

Hello,

I'd like to know what the rationale is for hash comments yielding a 
continuation prompt (PS2) in the Python shell.  I'd like to put such 
comments in interactive examples, but the output is hard to follow:

   >>> a = 5
   >>> # and now for some multiplication
   ...
   >>> a * 10
   50

I would prefer that the output be:

   >>> a = 5
   >>> # and now for some multiplication
   >>> a * 10
   50

For comparison, end of line comments don't behave this way, which seems 
inconsistent:

   >>> a = 5
   >>> a * 10  # end of line comment
   50

-John


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