[Tutor] secondary prompt

Jason Stokes jstok@bluedog.apana.org.au
Sat, 8 Apr 2000 23:10:54 +1000


-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Lutek <plutek@infinity.net>
To: Jason Stokes <jstok@bluedog.apana.org.au>; tutor@python.org
<tutor@python.org>
Date: Friday, April 07, 2000 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] secondary prompt


>>     It'll automatically respond with a secondary prompt.
>
>ahhh... yes, i've seen that happen now.
>i was misled by some stuff in the tutorial, like:
>
>>>> # This is a comment
>... 2+2
>4
>
>
>and like:
>
>>>> # Fibonacci series:
>... # the sum of two elements defines the next
>... a, b = 0, 1
>
>
>
>where the secondary prompt is not appropriate (and does not come up in the
>interpreter when entering these lines).


Hmm.. that might be something to look at in the tutorial.  Are these
misleading?  They certainly were for you.