Are line continuations needed?

[Russell Wallace]

Hi all,

Python lets you continue a single logical line across more than one
physical line, either by putting a \ at the end or letting it happen
automatically with an incomplete infix operator.

I'm wondering how often is this feature needed? Would there be any
problems if it weren't part of the language?

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