how to determine an 'open' string?

[Michael Hudson]

holger krekel <pyth at devel.trillke.net> writes:

> hello, 
> 
> with my replacement rlcompleter module i'd like to
> have a *correct* check if a string is 'open'.
> examples:

You're going to have fun with strings containing spaces aren't you?

Cheers,
M.

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