On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 06:53 am, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > I must strongly object and recommend against getting accustomed to the > suggested use of multi-line string literals.
I agree in general with Thomas' comments about using arbitrary strings as comments. If you want to write code according to *best practices*, then you should not use strings as comments. But let's also remember that sometimes you cannot be bothered with *best* practice, and "good enough for now" practice is fine. Need to comment out a large block of code in a hurry while using a basic editor that doesn't offer a "Comment" and "Uncomment" command? Best practice says I should use a better editor, and that's fine, but right this instant I'm using the tools I have, not the tools I want, and the easiest way to fix this is to surround the block of code with triple-quotes. I can always come back and fix it later. Famous last words, I know, but who among us can truthfully say they have *never* taken a quick and dirty short-cut while programming? I also find it convenient and unobjectionable to include a bare triple quoted string at the very end of the file, as a sort of "note pad" area for me to write notes to myself while the work is in early stages of progress. I can put in small code snippets, URLs to pages I need to look at, general comments, etc. without having to care about leading # signs. And because I don't use strings for comments anywhere else, this note pad area stands out and reminds me to remove it before releasing the code into production. -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
