Idioms and Anti-Idioms Question

[J. Cliff Dyer]

On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 17:19 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message <mailman.2018.1245772229.8015.python-list at python.org>, J. Cliff 
> Dyer wrote:
> 
> > If the lines got separated, a leading + could disappear into its line
> > without any errors showing up.  A trailing + would raise a syntax error.
> 
> Unless, of course, it was moved onto the previous line as part of whatever 
> caused the separation of the lines. How would you guard against that?
> 

Can you give an example of what you mean?