multiline snippets with triple quotes

[Peter Hansen]

Christoph Zwerschke wrote:

> So, what would be the pythonic way to implement such multiline snippets?

Define them externally to that code block.  Either put
them above the function, or at the top of the module,
or have them read from an external file, with the
best approach being dependent on the precise situation
at hand.  For example, if you have only one or two
such things, just use parentheses and single quotes
instead of the triple quoting, while if you have a
bunch of them but don't want to read them from a file,
put them in a separate module and just import and
reference them as required.

-Peter