Strings: double versus single quotes

Manfred Lotz ml_news at posteo.de
Sat May 23 00:12:53 EDT 2020


On Sat, 23 May 2020 09:36:13 +1200
DL Neil <PythonList at DancesWithMice.info> wrote:

> >>> I am asking myself if I should preferably use single or double
> >>> quotes for strings?  
> ...
> 
> > I agree to the following:
> > 
> > 1. Consistency is important.
> > 2. Single quotes are less noisy.
> > 3. Triple double quotes are to be preferred over triple single
> > quotes.  
> ...
> 
> > Of course, this is my subjective result, and others (may) have
> > different opinions.  
> 
> 4. unless a specific objective of a re-factoring exercise, maintain
> the conventions used within the code.
> 
> 5, adhere to the conventions/standards/requirements of the dev.team
> or organisation.
> 

Yes, agree.


-- 
Manfred



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