EOF while scanning triple-quoted string literal

[Rhodri James]

On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:37:09 +0100, bussiere bussiere <bussiere at gmail.com>
wrote:

> i've looked on the web and here but i didn't find an answer : here is my
> code
>
> zlib.decompress("""
> xﾜﾭﾔ=ﾗﾲHﾅs~Ʀﾽç\ﾑîà
> Z@ÑÁÔQÇlxÇÆïPP~ýVãìﾞM6ÛÐ|ê֭ﾢﾤﾔ=)}éÓUe﬿ö3ﾺﾸú"}ʿïÿ÷1þ8ñ́U÷ﾻñíLÒVi:`ﾳﾺL!Ê҆p6-%Fë^ﾍ÷à,Q.K!ﾕô`ÄA!ÑêweÌ
> ÊÚAﾛYøøÂjôóﾠÂcñ䊧fﾮùﾃúN
> :nüzAÝ7%ﾸcdUﾀﾸ3ôPۂﾀlﾝyHﾬﾽ$/yzﾾíàﾇ'ÕÓ&`|S!<'ﾤ÷Zļﾼ2ﾎﾓ;ﾆ(ÅÛfb!úü$ﾅﾃﾾ,9ßhàPﾺﾨێﾌÑbØὛﾎQﾹ-Ü}(n;ﾨﾎLﾔ\^ï9ﾦﾹﾗDdВéÞ|åPOGﾤÐÙ%â&AÔë)ÎTÐC
> ﾼïc枢í%Èï!ﾌﾷëiq*ﾸVKÐNﾴ[ﾢfOq{OﾦÆÊ,0GﾤﾘmtﾂﾳOﾸΥ$#îﾍqbYﾱﾒUﾆﾵÞáP`
> ﾖ×ﾯÃPwaﾚǩâ×)ﾊFcêÚ=!Åöﾶ
> )AFñﾳ/cMﾧ!NóNΈór?pàÜòXw
> Bvæ0ïçIÉoﾏ>5pﾦ-ØWÚNﾱùFﾱØPçÃþdﾠ;ﾙ1[Oﾳﾎ~6ﾂﾳﾥŕìﾨޠ=øð@ﾈV﾿ﾩ)÷%ﾕÜib{HﾱKŅVlDCﾃîfÑWì÷ìáár.ﾜîv﾿<dﾺn~ú*ÁÕ7ýá}EsYﾯWﾤÈ:R×ãQңﾒ?Ø1vﾍäﾂ~èR1ﾵÜ*ﾴónAﾥjmNoﾂﾕﾳÌښﾥf[8ﾦÛ>ﾞOWﾗ|ÌbDﾢÖ녡M=Ð÷èâﾐﾑ'ÂÝÐ
> ;ë mﾺQÂäԤۢ:ﾓﾱdﾺﾽLȂ1ﾳ_÷YZﾬNòÛ
> â\ﾛxÐlݵﾯﾑﾫøm5Ëá=ïoÍlMﾣ[×#Ypﾠﾄx[ÉÊyæﾂoﾓﾅz)ﾦﾡÝÏìò
>
> """)
>
> so it was a string that i got by zlib.compress an other string. How can i
> decompress this string ?

It helps to say what your problem is more explicitly than just hinting at  
it in the title.  Assuming that you are running on Windows and the Python  
traceback really does single this line out, my guess is that one of those  
random binary characters is a Ctrl-Z.  Windows regards that as the end of  
a text file.  How you get out of that one, I'm not sure, but frankly  
putting arbitrary binary into a literal string is rather asking for  
something like this to come and bite you.


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Rhodri James *-* Wildebeest Herder to the Masses