On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:58:57 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > If triple-quoted strings had the Python-nature, then they would take > indentation into account. Thus: > > """this > is a > multi-line > string.""" > > would be equivalent to > > "this\n is a\n multi-line\nstring." > > and not > > "this\n is a\n multi-line\n string." > > The rule would be: the exact same whitespace characters at the beginning > of the line on which the triple-quoted string starts must also occur at > the start of the lines on which the string continues; these are stripped > off and not included in the string contents. Any additional whitespace > is of course part of the string.
"Although practicality beats purity." -- The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters I would feel greatly offended if I had to indent all *raw* data. -- Robert "Stargaming" Lehmann -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
