Line continuation and comments
Rob Cliffe
rob.cliffe at btinternet.com
Wed Feb 22 14:08:08 EST 2023
On 22/02/2023 15:23, Paul Bryan wrote:
> Adding to this, there should be no reason now in recent versions of
> Python to ever use line continuation. Black goes so far as to state
> "backslashes are bad and should never be used":
>
> https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/the_black_code_style/future_style.html#using-backslashes-for-with-statements
def someFunc():
HelpText = """\
Left click: Open spam
Shift + Left click: Cook spam
Right click: Crack egg
Shift + Right click: Fry egg
"""
The initial backslash aligns the first line with the others (in a fixed
font of course).
Best wishes
Rob Cliffe
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