Difference between double and single quotes

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <8m64ij$f2k$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,  <pauljolly at my-deja.com> wrote:
>
>Please can someone tell me whether Python distinguishes between double
>and single quotes in any way? This was brought to my attention by a
>friend who queried my use of double and single quotes, saying that in
>the UNIX shell a distinction is made.

In addition to all the other comments, remember that if you have quoting
problems, use """ or ''' (the two triple-quotes) -- you can avoid almost
all quote-quoting that way.
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