allow line break at operators

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Sun Aug 14 06:51:52 EDT 2011


Ben Finney wrote:
> Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Steven D'Aprano
>> <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> 
>>> Do you get worried by books if the last page doesn't include the
>>> phrase "The End"? These days, many movies include an extra clip
>>> following the credits. When the clip finishes, and the screen goes
>>> dark, how long do you sit waiting before you accept that the movie
>>> is over?
> 
>> You wait for the house lights to come up. That's your ending signal.
> 
> You mean people still watch movies in theatres?

Yup!  Not often, but it's fun once in a while.


> The house lights need to be controlled by someone who knows when the
> movie's end signal should be sent. What is our ending signal if we're
> watching it from media in our home, and no-one in the house knows when
> the movie ends?

If it's a tape, it'll stop, or start rewinding; if it's a DVD it'll go 
back to the open page.  :)

~Ethan~



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