Python strings and coding conventions

[Mensanator]

On Jan 11, 12:12�pm, Roy Smith <r... at panix.com> wrote:
> In article
> <5db6181f-d6f6-4bdc-88c8-e12ad228c... at r41g2000prr.googlegroups.com>,
>
> �Mensanator <mensana... at aol.com> wrote:
> > > What are all those line continuation characters ('\') for? ?You are aware
> > > that they are unnecessary here?
>
> > Actually, I wasn't aware of that. A quick review shows
> > why. In the old manuals, implicit line continuation
> > was in a seperate chapter (2.1.6) from implicit (2.1.5)
> > so if you didn't read past 2.1.5 you would have missed it.
>
> My philosophy about line continuation is to assume lines can be continued
> after just about any piece of punctuation. �If I'm wrong, the computer will
> tell me, and then I make the computer happy by adding a \. �It's easier
> than looking it up, and way easier than memorizing the details.

I proably got mine from Visual Basic where there are no
exceptions to explicit line continuation marks. A least
adding them when not necessary doesn't cause a problem.