That’s a neat tip. End of line comments work, too x = (3 > 4 #never and 7 == 7 # hopefully or datetime.datetime.now().day > 15 # sometimes ) print(x)
From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+gweatherby=uchc....@python.org> on behalf of Edmondo Giovannozzi <edmondo.giovanno...@gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 9:40 AM To: python-list@python.org <python-list@python.org> Subject: Re: Line continuation and comments *** Attention: This is an external email. Use caution responding, opening attachments or clicking on links. *** Il giorno mercoledì 22 febbraio 2023 alle 09:50:14 UTC+1 Robert Latest ha scritto: > I found myself building a complicated logical condition with many ands and ors > which I made more manageable by putting the various terms on individual lines > and breaking them with the "\" line continuation character. In this context it > would have been nice to be able to add comments to lines terms which of course > isn't possible because the backslash must be the last character on the line. > > Question: If the Python syntax were changed to allow comments after > line-ending > backslashes, would it break any existing code? I can't think of an example. Well you can if you use parenthesis like in: x = 5 a = (x > 3 and # x < 21 or x > 100 ) You don't need the "\" to continue a line in this case -- https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list__;!!Cn_UX_p3!kck9yP0ubC7L_tbIUoMY-nkZJlkXFAiZdnjPtekuYQXN6F8K2wFMW5lO1xZ6gYv6vDdsSo5jxy1QYU_T-EgHsOJ6x7TvXQ$<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list__;!!Cn_UX_p3!kck9yP0ubC7L_tbIUoMY-nkZJlkXFAiZdnjPtekuYQXN6F8K2wFMW5lO1xZ6gYv6vDdsSo5jxy1QYU_T-EgHsOJ6x7TvXQ$> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list