Continuing indentation

John Gordon gordon at panix.com
Thu Mar 3 11:16:24 EST 2016


In <871t7sbkex.fsf at elektro.pacujo.net> Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> writes:

> Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us>:

> > No, it isn't.  Using '\' for line continuation is strongly discouraged.

> Why would you discourage valid syntax?

Some things that are permissible may not be desirable.

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