Indented multi-line strings

[Bob van der Poel]

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 1:45 PM, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:

> On 2018-05-23 19:36, Mikhail V wrote:
>
>> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 8:08 PM, Mikhail V <mikhailwas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 4:19 PM, Dan Strohl <D.Strohl at f5.com> wrote:
>>>
>>
>> data = /// sN         # and
>>> data = /// tN
>>>
>>> Where N - is the amount of characters, spaces (s) or
>>> tabs (t).
>>> This should cover most use cases.
>>> It implies of course that the user should know himself
>>> what he is doing.
>>>
>>> More concrete example:
>>>
>>> def func():
>>>     foobar
>>>     data = /// s2
>>>       first line
>>>       last line
>>>     foobar
>>>
>>> will store same data as:
>>> data = "first linelast line"
>>>
>>
>> oops, I meant it to be:
>> data = "first line\nlast line"
>>
>> sorry for possible confusion
>>
>>
>>> (assuming of course no trailing spaces were
>>> in original lines)
>>>
>>
>> Instead of the "s2", etc:
>
> def func():
>     foobar
>     data = >> :
>       first line
>       last line
>     foobar
>
> Leading indentation to the level of the first line would be stripped.
>
> As the last line also ends with '\n', the result should be 'first
> line\nlast line\n'.
>
> If you want additional indentation, then provide a string literal:
>
> def func():
>     foobar
>     data = >> '    ':
>       first line
>       last line
>     foobar
>
> for '    first line\n    last line\n' or:
>
> def func():
>     foobar
>     data = >> '\t':
>       first line
>       last line
>     foobar
>
> for '\tfirst line\n\tlast line\n'.
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>

I think this is getting way too complex to fix a problem which doesn't
exist.

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