A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why?

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu>
> To: python-list at python.org
> Sent: Wednesday, 18 March, 2015 10:47:40 PM
> Subject: Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why?
> 
> On 3/18/2015 3:53 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> 
> > I must strongly object and recommend against getting accustomed to
> > the
> > suggested use of multi-line string literals.
> 
> I agree.

I remember loosing a lot of time finding a bug that can be summarized like this (immagine a much larger list where the temptation of commenting a block is high):

a =  [	'1',
'''shorten the list to speedup tests
        '2',
        '3',
'''
        '4',
        ]


print a
>>> ['1', "shorten the list to speedup tests\n\t\t'2',\n\t\t'3',\n4"]

JM


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