line continuations with backslash
Tim Peters
tim.one at home.com
Sat Aug 25 21:48:33 EDT 2001
[Tim]
> You don't need the "+" signs there; as in C, adjacent string
> literals are catenated at compile-time.
[Skip Montanaro]
> so why not this then:
>
> x = long("123"
> "456"
> "789")
>
> which saves all the splitting and joining and is (nearly) as readable?
Because it's not as readable, or as easy to edit. The cost of splitting and
joining on one-shot initialization code is insignificant, most likely too
small to measure.
you-spent-more-time-writing-about-it-than-your-computer-will-save-over-
the-rest-of-our-lives<wink>-ly y'rs - tim
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