[Python-Dev] this python string literals documentation couldn't explain me: single quote presence inside double quoted string and viceversa. Can Anyone explain me?

Alok Nayak aloknayak29 at gmail.com
Wed May 8 13:31:20 CEST 2013


I asked this question here,
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16435233/this-python-string-literals-documentation-couldnt-explain-me-single-quote-pres,
. I was advised to ask here


On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Alok Nayak <aloknayak29 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>   This python string literals documentation<http://docs.python.org/2/reference/lexical_analysis.html#string-literals>couldn't explain: single quote presence inside double quoted string and
> viceversa.
>
> I think both double quoted string and single quoted string need to be
> defined differently for representing the 'stringliteral' lexical definition.
>
> shortstringchar ::=  <any source character except "\" or newline or the quote>
>
>  here in this definition 'the quote' isn't specific whether single (') or
> double (").
>
>
> --
> Alok Nayak
> Gwalior, India
>



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Alok Nayak
Gwalior, India
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