Multiline code - trailing slash usage

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

abcd a écrit :
> When do I need to use a trailing slash to separate code over multiple
> lines.
> 
> For example:
> 
> x = "hello world, this is my multiline " + \
>      "string!!!!"

Here you don't need the +

> x = {'name' : \
>       'bob'}

And here you don't need the antislash

> Do I need to use the "\" in the above examples?  When do i need to use
> it?
> 

IIRC, lists, tuples and dicts litterals, function args, list comps and 
generator expressions can span multiple lines. In any other case, you 
need the antislash. But you'd better check in the FineManual...