On 05Apr2012 23:08, André Malo <ndpar...@gmail.com> wrote: | * Steven D'Aprano wrote: | | > For a 21st century programming language or data format to accept only one | > type of quotation mark as string delimiter is rather like having a 21st | > century automobile with a hand crank to start the engine instead of an | > ignition. Even if there's a good reason for it (which I doubt), it's | > still surprising. | | Here's a reason: KISS. Actually I've never understood the reason for | multiple equivalent quote characters. There are languages where these are | not equivalent, like perl, C or shell script. There it makes way more | sense.
I agree, except that even where the quotes are equivalent there is an advantage: writing a string containing quotes: '"Hello," he said.' "It's funny weather." Of course this doesn't scale much if you need both, but it covers a common use. Personally I'm ok with JSON accepting only one kind of quote. And I _have_ been bitten by it and surprised in the past. -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ This telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. - Western Union memo, 1877 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
