Python syntax wart

[TheFlyingDutchman]

On Sep 9, 11:20 pm, TheFlyingDutchman <zzbba... at aol.com> wrote:
> It may be that a language that doesn't have a statement terminator
> (which can be end-of-line) needs a statement continuation symbol.
> (Excluding languages like Lisp that have parentheses everywhere).

Actually I guess Python does have a statement terminator - end-of-
line.
If you use end-of-line as your statement terminator it is difficult
and maybe impossible
to avoid a line-continuation character in those situations where you
don't want
an end-of-line to terminate your statement.