On 6/25/2017 11:32 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
Steve D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> writes:
On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 08:44 am, Stefan Ram wrote:
According to The Python Language Reference Release 3.6.0, 2.1.3
Comments, »A comment signifies the end of the logical line unless
the implicit line joining rules are invoked.«.
So, why do I get a continuation prompt when I enter a comment?
In IDLE, you don't.
>>> #
>>> #sjflksj
>>>
Maybe this was once true for the interactive interpreter and changed.
Or maybe this is buglet in IDLE in terms of imitating the console
interpreter. I have no idea.
Why not? As far as the interactive interpreter is concerned, you
haven't yet entered a statement.
And yet, according to the Language Reference, the logical line has ended
and another begun.
So I think the question is worth exploring: Why does the interactive
prompt imply the logical line is continuing, when the Language Reference
would say otherwise?
Maybe the answer is “the continuation prompt does not prompt for the
continuation of a logical line, but the continuation of <something
else>”.
What exactly goes in the “<something else>” placeholder; that is,
exactly what should the user understand by that transition from one
prompt to a different one?
Look into the behavior of compile('code', 'fake', 'single').
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