Linux.com: Python 3 makes a big break

Lawrence D'Oliveiro ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand
Sun Oct 19 19:31:44 EDT 2008


In message <vZGdncBxAJO_4GbVnZ2dnUVZ_qvinZ2d at earthlink.com>, Dennis Lee
Bieber wrote:

> There is also the matter that the original material is using " on
> each line to delimit the string, and then \" within the line to escape
> the desired output "s, rather than either using ' for the string and
> bare " for the output characters ...

I prefer using double-quotes universally. One less decision to make.

> ... or triple quoting the whole block... 

Not a good idea.



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