How to parse over a Python expr?

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Mon Sep 2 14:59:12 EDT 2002


Stefan Franke wrote:

> Are you sure? I think a TQS with a single quote inside would be
> sufficient to miss the right TQS end:
> 
> '''That's all'''
> 
> These a 7 single quotes. Parsed as single-quote strings, the last one
> opens a string until EOF.

Yep, you're right (provided the triple-quoted string is the same kind
that appears within it).  I realized that after I posted.

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