Bug or feature: double strings as one

[Jan Kaliszewski]

08-08-2009 Steven D'Aprano <steve at remove-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote:

> On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:35:28 +0000, kj wrote:
>
>> I fail to see why
>>
>> x = ("first part of a very long string "
>>      "second part of a very long string")
>
> That's done by the compiler at compile time and is fast.

Moreover, it's also more readable, when you use str calling its
methods or using formatting on it.

I use it very often, e.g.:

         afunction('quite long string %s quite long string '
                   'quite long string quite long string %s '
                   'quite %s long string quite long string'
                   % (variable1, variable2, variable3))

It seems nicer to me than:

         afunction(('quite long string %s quite long string '
                    + 'quite long string quite long string %s '
                    + 'quite %s long string quite long string')
                   % (variable1, variable2, variable3))

(Note that multiline-'''-strings are usless in such cases).

*j

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Jan Kaliszewski (zuo) <zuo at chopin.edu.pl>