On 03/02/2016 02:10 PM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us>: > >> No, it isn't. Using '\' for line continuation is strongly discouraged. > > Why would you discourage valid syntax? 1) It's ugly 2) Any non-newline whitespace after the '\' and you don't have line continuation any more, and no visible way to notice. -- ~Ethan~