[Python-Dev] Re: Multiline string constants, include in the standard library?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Ville Vainio wrote:
> Which one looks better:
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> def usage():
>    if 1:
>        print """\
>        You should have done this
>        and that
>        """.stripindent()
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> def usage():
>    if 1:
>        print """\
> You should have done this
> and that
> """
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> When you are scanning code, the non-stripindent version of the 3-quoted 
> string jumps at your face as a "top-level" construct, even if it is only 
> associated with the usage() function.

I think everybody has their own way of formatting multi-line
strings and/or comments. There's no one-fits-all strategy.

So instead of trying to find a compromise, why don't you write up
a flexible helper function for the new textwrap module ?

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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