On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrenced...@gmail.com
> wrote:
> Python allows a single string literal to cross multiple lines, provided it
> begins and ends with three quote characters, e.g.
>
> s = """this string continues
> on the next line."""
>
> There is a drawback with this: any whitespace at the start of the
> continuation line is included as part of the string:
>
> >>> print(s)
> this string continues
> on the next line.
>
>
I think you meant both trailing characters and starting characters.
The way I solve it, and I still find that extremely ugly, is
s = ("this string continues " +
"substring continues")
The blackslash is a method I used to do but I start regretting. I have ran
into issue with blackslash before, can't remember but, but most likely with
escaping.
It's ugly when I am in the middle of a deep indented function call. Imagine
I am writing an exception
def foo(...)
....
raise SomeErrorKindofLong("This is an exception and I need to
write something long {v1} so I need to wrap around it {v2}".format(v1=v1,
v2=v2))
You get the point... by wrapping, I ended up breaking this into multiple
lines. In some cases I would build the string before calling the exception.
That seems a little tangent, but relevant.
The problem with this proposal is that could break existing application.
It's impossible to switch to this convention.
John
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