".>>>" is a good idea! (OT, was: Re: do you master list comprehensions?)
Roel Schroeven
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Thu Dec 16 14:04:51 EST 2004
Steve Holden wrote:
> Nick Coghlan wrote:
> $ python
> Python 2.4 (#1, Dec 4 2004, 20:10:33)
> [GCC 3.3.3 (cygwin special)] on cygwin
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import sys
> >>> sys.ps1 = ".>>> "; sys.ps2 = ".... "
> .>>> print """\
> .... It isn't that hard"""
> It isn't that hard
> .>>>
>
> Would it work, I wonder, with a leading space on the prompt? That might
> be a valid change to the standard prompt. Let's see
>
> >>> This line isn't really quoted three times.
Seems to work :) Now let's hope lots of people will use an approach like
that for code sent to the various Python newsgroups and mailing lists.
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Roel Schroeven
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