Codig style: " or """

[Will McGugan]

Sara Khalatbari wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Suppose you're writing a module & writing the
> definition of each function in that module in " or
> """.
> for example:
> a) "This function does this & that"
> or:
> b)  """This function does blah blah blah"""
> 
> What are the differences between " and """ ? 
> I'm using gedit & I wanna know a bit about coding
> style.
> 
> To be very honest: I have a very strict boss who looks
> for bugs in my codes & he insists to know exactly
> which 'CODING STYLE AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE' I've based
> my coding style on when using " or """.
> 
> Can anybody out there give me some hint?
> Can anybody tell me where to find a document on python
> coding style.

Triple quotes allow you to have quotes inside the string. I tend to use 
triple quotes if I'm writing text of any length, that way I dont need to 
change anything if I do need to insert a quote. I dont think its a 
matter of coding style, its purely a practical issue. If your PHB 
insists on consistency, I would just use """


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