Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:40:03 +0200, Stefan Behnel wrote: > >>> Or you could enter the 21 century and understand that "guys" has become >>> a generic term for people of any sex. >> Is that true for everyone who understands and/or writes English? In that >> case, I'm fine wi

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:40:03 +0200, Stefan Behnel wrote: >> Or you could enter the 21 century and understand that "guys" has become >> a generic term for people of any sex. > > Is that true for everyone who understands and/or writes English? In that > case, I'm fine with your above statement. Oth

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Mensanator wrote: > On Aug 23, 2:25�pm, Stefan Behnel wrote: >> Mensanator wrote: >>> asking how many Jews you can fit into a Volswagen. >> None, because it's already full. > > A spelling error does not make it any less offensive. As it stands, I find the joke above perfectly acceptable. Using th

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Steven D'Aprano wrote: > I'm amused and somewhat perplexed that somebody with the non-English > name of Stefan, writing from a .de email address, seems to be assuming > that (1) everybody is on the Internet, and (2) everybody on the Internet > speaks English. Oh, I totally don't. But most peopl

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 23, 2:25�pm, Stefan Behnel wrote: > Mensanator wrote: > > asking how many Jews you can fit into a Volswagen. > > None, because it's already full. A spelling error does not make it any less offensive. > > (or "voll" as those who design Volkswagens would put it...) > > Stefan -- http://ma

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:52:16 +0200, Stefan Behnel wrote: > Simon Brunning wrote: >> 2009/8/11 Robert Dailey: >>> On Aug 11, 3:40 pm, Bearophile wrote: There are gals too here. >>> It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming >>> advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the h

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Mensanator wrote: > asking how many Jews you can fit into a Volswagen. None, because it's already full. (or "voll" as those who design Volkswagens would put it...) Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2009-08-18, Simon Forman wrote: >>> Sexism, racism, homophobia, religious intolerance, etc., all >>> stem from a fundamental forgetfulness of our Unity in God (as >>> I would put it) and this is perhaps the single greatest cause >>> of huma

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Simon Brunning wrote: > 2009/8/11 Robert Dailey: >> On Aug 11, 3:40 pm, Bearophile wrote: >>> There are gals too here. >> It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming >> advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help. > > Give the attitudes still prevalent in our industry (cf

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:51:08 -0700, Simon Forman wrote: > (FWIW, I've always admired Humpty Dumpty's attitude to words. "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less." When you say "admired", do you mean what

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 19, 12:05 am, Ben Finney wrote: > Simon Forman writes: > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Ben Finney > > wrote: > > > We're all unified by our humanity. Bringing any god into the picture > > > is surely counter to any goals of unity. > > > Unity "in humanity" is, to my way of thinking,

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

In article , Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: >MRAB wrote: >> Carl Banks wrote: >>> On Aug 17, 10:03 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant >>> wrote: I'm no English native, but I already heard women/men referring to a group as "guys", no matter that group gender configuration. It's even used

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On 2009-08-19, Ben Finney wrote: > Simon Forman writes: >> We are one family. > > Agreed. That's not much comfort if you've seen the way many families get along with each other. -- Grant -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Simon Forman writes: > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > > We're all unified by our humanity. Bringing any god into the picture > > is surely counter to any goals of unity. > > Unity "in humanity" is, to my way of thinking, the same as Unity "in > God". Then you're playing Hum

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Grant Edwards writes: > On 2009-08-19, Ben Finney wrote: > > Simon Forman writes: > >> We are one family. > > > > Agreed. > > That's not much comfort if you've seen the way many families get along > with each other. Demonstrable facts, by nature of being independently verifiable, are a better

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Jean-Michel Pichavant writes: > Anyway the hysteria that is surrounding this thread is just amazing. If the calm reproach that has been the maximum response so far seems like “hysteria” to you, I can only conclude you have only been using the internet for a few hours. -- \ “The fact

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 18, 8:49 pm, Ben Finney wrote: > Grant Edwards writes: > > On 2009-08-19, Ben Finney wrote: > > > Simon Forman writes: > > >> We are one family. > > > > Agreed. > > > That's not much comfort if you've seen the way many families get along > > with each other. > > Demonstrable facts, by na

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Simon Forman wrote: On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:13:02 -0400, Simon Forman wrote: Sexism, racism, homophobia, religious intolerance, etc., all stem from a fundamental forgetfulness of our Unity in God (as I would put it) and Of

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Grant Edwards wrote: On 2009-08-18, Simon Forman wrote: Sexism, racism, homophobia, religious intolerance, etc., all stem from a fundamental forgetfulness of our Unity in God (as I would put it) and this is perhaps the single greatest cause of human misery. You mean the single greate

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 18, 6:36�am, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > MRAB wrote: > > Carl Banks wrote: > >> On Aug 17, 10:03 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant > >> wrote: > >>> I'm no English native, but I already heard women/men referring to a > >>> group as "guys", no matter that group gender configuration. It's even >

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 17, 11:35�pm, Carl Banks wrote: > On Aug 17, 8:49�pm, Mensanator wrote: > > > > > > > On Aug 17, 8:04 pm, Carl Banks wrote: > > > > On Aug 17, 5:40 pm, Mensanator wrote: > > > > > On Aug 17, 4:06 pm, Carl Banks wrote: > > > > > > On Aug 17, 10:03 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant > > > > > wro

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 18, 7:59�am, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:36:49 +0200, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > > MRAB wrote: > >> Carl Banks wrote: > >>> On Aug 17, 10:03 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant > >>> wrote: > I'm no English native, but I already heard women/men referring to a > grou

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Simon Forman writes: > >> Sexism, racism, homophobia, religious intolerance, etc., all stem from >> a fundamental forgetfulness of our Unity in God (as I would put it) > > It seems odd, for someone who cites religious intolerance as a problem, >

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:13:02 -0400, Simon Forman wrote: > >> Sexism, racism, homophobia, religious intolerance, etc., all stem from a >> fundamental forgetfulness of our Unity in God (as I would put it) and > > Of the tens of thousands of Go

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Simon Forman writes: > Sexism, racism, homophobia, religious intolerance, etc., all stem from > a fundamental forgetfulness of our Unity in God (as I would put it) It seems odd, for someone who cites religious intolerance as a problem, to then assert an extremely divisive religious idea. We're

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:13:02 -0400, Simon Forman wrote: > Sexism, racism, homophobia, religious intolerance, etc., all stem from a > fundamental forgetfulness of our Unity in God (as I would put it) and Of the tens of thousands of Gods that people have invented, which is the one we're supposed t

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On 8/18/2009 2:31 PM Unknown said... You mean the single greatest cause of human misery isn't Microsoft Windows? Either that or users... Sick-of-both-today-ly y'rs, Emile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On 2009-08-18, Simon Forman wrote: > Sexism, racism, homophobia, religious intolerance, etc., all > stem from a fundamental forgetfulness of our Unity in God (as > I would put it) and this is perhaps the single greatest cause > of human misery. You mean the single greatest cause of human misery

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: Robert Dailey: >> >> [...] >> >>> >>> It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming >>> advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help. >>> >> >> Sorry, Robert, simply not acceptab

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Steve Holden wrote: Robert Dailey: [...] It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help. Sorry, Robert, simply not acceptable. Whether designed to be funny or not it's the kind of inane remark I would be really h

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

> > Robert Dailey: [...] > > It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming > advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help. Sorry, Robert, simply not acceptable. Whether designed to be funny or not it's the kind of inane remark I would be really happy never to see again. The

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On 2009-08-17, Carl Banks wrote: > On Aug 17, 10:03?am, Jean-Michel Pichavant > wrote: >> I'm no English native, but I already heard women/men referring to a >> group as "guys", no matter that group gender configuration. It's even >> used for group composed exclusively of women. Moreover it looks

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:12:14 +0200, Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: > On Tuesday 18 August 2009 06:45:39 Aahz wrote: >> In article , >> >> Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> >The comments were made a week ago -- why the sudden flurry of >> >attention? >> >> Mainly an opportunity to flog the new diversity list.

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:36:49 +0200, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > MRAB wrote: >> Carl Banks wrote: >>> On Aug 17, 10:03 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant >>> wrote: I'm no English native, but I already heard women/men referring to a group as "guys", no matter that group gender configuration. I

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

MRAB wrote: Carl Banks wrote: On Aug 17, 10:03 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: I'm no English native, but I already heard women/men referring to a group as "guys", no matter that group gender configuration. It's even used for group composed exclusively of women. Moreover it looks like a *very

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

On Tuesday 18 August 2009 06:45:39 Aahz wrote: > In article , > > Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >The comments were made a week ago -- why the sudden flurry of attention? > > Mainly an opportunity to flog the new diversity list. Here my English fails me - flog as in "whip", or flog as in "sell"? - He

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Monday 17 August 2009 23:06:04 Carl Banks wrote: > On Aug 17, 10:03 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant > > wrote: > > I'm no English native, but I already heard women/men referring to a > > group as "guys", no matter that group gender configuration. It's even > > used for group composed exclusively of w

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:35:48 -0700, Carl Banks wrote: >> > > > I like how being very friendly means calling people after a guy >> > > > who tried to blow up the English Parliament. >> >> > > So? >> >> > I also like how making an amusing pointless observation >> >> Pointless, yes, but what was amus

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

In article , Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >The comments were made a week ago -- why the sudden flurry of attention? Mainly an opportunity to flog the new diversity list. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "I saw `cout' being shifted "Hello world" times

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:04:58 -0700, Carl Banks wrote: > On Aug 17, 5:40 pm, Mensanator wrote: >> On Aug 17, 4:06 pm, Carl Banks wrote: >> >> > On Aug 17, 10:03 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant >> > wrote: >> >> > > I'm no English native, but I already heard women/men referring to a >> > > group as "gu

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 17, 8:49 pm, Mensanator wrote: > On Aug 17, 8:04 pm, Carl Banks wrote: > > > > > > > On Aug 17, 5:40 pm, Mensanator wrote: > > > > On Aug 17, 4:06 pm, Carl Banks wrote: > > > > > On Aug 17, 10:03 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant > > > > wrote: > > > > > > I'm no English native, but I already h

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:31:51 -0700, Chris Rebert wrote: >> Oh come on, one newbie making an off-color joke is not any sort of >> reflection of the community as a whole. >> >> Anyway it's pretty naive to expect what is now a large community to >> avoid bad eggs altogether.  Price you pay for popula

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 17, 8:04�pm, Carl Banks wrote: > On Aug 17, 5:40�pm, Mensanator wrote: > > > On Aug 17, 4:06�pm, Carl Banks wrote: > > > > On Aug 17, 10:03�am, Jean-Michel Pichavant > > > wrote: > > > > > I'm no English native, but I already heard women/men referring to a > > > > group as "guys", no mat

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 17, 5:40 pm, Mensanator wrote: > On Aug 17, 4:06 pm, Carl Banks wrote: > > > On Aug 17, 10:03 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant > > wrote: > > > > I'm no English native, but I already heard women/men referring to a > > > group as "guys", no matter that group gender configuration. It's even > > >

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 17, 4:06 pm, Carl Banks wrote: > On Aug 17, 10:03 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant > wrote: > > > I'm no English native, but I already heard women/men referring to a > > group as "guys", no matter that group gender configuration. It's even > > used for group composed exclusively of women. Moreove

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 12, 6:52 am, Robert Dailey wrote: > On Aug 11, 3:40 pm, Bearophile wrote: > > > Robert Dailey: > > > > This breaks the flow of scope. Would you guys solve this > > > problem by moving failMsg into global scope? > > > Perhaps through some other type of syntax? > > > There are gals too here.

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Robert Dailey writes: > On Aug 11, 3:40 pm, Bearophile wrote: > > Robert Dailey: > > > This breaks the flow of scope. Would you guys solve this > > > problem by […] > > There are gals too here. > > It's a figure of speech. Indeed. When I use the term “guys” as a form of address, it's intended

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Carl Banks wrote: On Aug 17, 10:03 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: I'm no English native, but I already heard women/men referring to a group as "guys", no matter that group gender configuration. It's even used for group composed exclusively of women. Moreover it looks like a *very* friendly fo

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Carl Banks wrote: > On Aug 17, 8:44 am, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote: >> In article >> <461cc6f1-fc23-4bc7-a719-6f29babf8...@o15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, >> Robert Dailey   wrote: >> >It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming >> >adv

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

On Aug 17, 8:44 am, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote: > In article > <461cc6f1-fc23-4bc7-a719-6f29babf8...@o15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, > Robert Dailey   wrote: > > > > >It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming > >advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help. > > Well

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 17, 10:03 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > I'm no English native, but I already heard women/men referring to a > group as "guys", no matter that group gender configuration. It's even > used for group composed exclusively of women. Moreover it looks like a > *very* friendly form, so there

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

On 17 Aug, 19:23, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > > Are you suggesting this list reject part of the community regarding its > sexual orientation, ethnicity, size, culture? If that was the case I'd > like to know about it. Careful: you probably meant to write "rejects", not "reject". That changes t

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

You'll know that Python is sexist the day you'll find the title 'No women allowed' on the python main document page. Good God I hope you're being ironic. On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:23:39 -0700, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: Aahz wrote: In article <461cc6f1-fc23-4bc7-a719-6f29babf8...@o15g20

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

Aahz wrote: In article <461cc6f1-fc23-4bc7-a719-6f29babf8...@o15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, Robert Dailey wrote: It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help. Well, I'm sorry to see this, it means I was wrong about t

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

> Simon Brunning (SB) wrote: >SB> 2009/8/11 Robert Dailey : >>> On Aug 11, 3:40 pm, Bearophile wrote: There are gals too here. >>> >>> It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming >>> advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help. >SB> Give the attitudes still pr

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Grant Edwards wrote: On 2009-08-11, Bearophile wrote: Robert Dailey: This breaks the flow of scope. Would you guys solve this problem by moving failMsg into global scope? Perhaps through some other type of syntax? There are gals too here. Straying a bit OT, but I find t

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On 2009-08-11, Bearophile wrote: > Robert Dailey: > >> This breaks the flow of scope. Would you guys solve this >> problem by moving failMsg into global scope? Perhaps through >> some other type of syntax? > > There are gals too here. Straying a bit OT, but I find this particular issue rather fas

Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

In article <461cc6f1-fc23-4bc7-a719-6f29babf8...@o15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, Robert Dailey wrote: > >It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming >advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help. Well, I'm sorry to see this, it means I was wrong about the lack of sexism in

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Robert Dailey writes: > Hey guys. Being a C++ programmer, I like to keep variable definitions > close to the location in which they will be used. This improves > readability in many ways. However, when I have a multi-line string > definition at function level scope, things get tricky because of t

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:11:43 -0700, Simon Forman wrote: [quoting Robert Dailey] >> I cannot completely doubt that there are logical >> women out there. I just haven't seen one yet. But that doesn't mean I'm >> a sexist. > > Oh my. And you were doing so well. You haven't seen a logical woman? >

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:47:58 -0700, Robert Dailey wrote: > On Aug 12, 9:41 am, Robert Dailey wrote: ... > > I was actually joking about my remark, I was making fun of the fact > > that Bearophile took my figure of speech literally. Keep in mind that the Internet is a global forum, and not ever

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 12, 10:41 am, Robert Dailey wrote: > On Aug 12, 9:09 am, exar...@twistedmatrix.com wrote: > > > > > On 01:27 pm, jeanmic...@sequans.com wrote: > > > >Simon Brunning wrote: > > >>2009/8/11 Robert Dailey : > > >>>On Aug 11, 3:40 pm, Bearophile wrote: > > There are gals too here. > > >>>I

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 12, 9:41 am, Robert Dailey wrote: > On Aug 12, 9:09 am, exar...@twistedmatrix.com wrote: > > > > > > > On 01:27 pm, jeanmic...@sequans.com wrote: > > > >Simon Brunning wrote: > > >>2009/8/11 Robert Dailey : > > >>>On Aug 11, 3:40 pm, Bearophile wrote: > > There are gals too here. > > >

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 12, 9:09 am, exar...@twistedmatrix.com wrote: > On 01:27 pm, jeanmic...@sequans.com wrote: > > > > > > >Simon Brunning wrote: > >>2009/8/11 Robert Dailey : > >>>On Aug 11, 3:40 pm, Bearophile wrote: > There are gals too here. > >>>It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want p

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On 01:27 pm, jeanmic...@sequans.com wrote: Simon Brunning wrote: 2009/8/11 Robert Dailey : On Aug 11, 3:40 pm, Bearophile wrote: There are gals too here. It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help. Give the attitudes sti

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Simon Brunning wrote: 2009/8/11 Robert Dailey : On Aug 11, 3:40 pm, Bearophile wrote: There are gals too here. It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help. Give the attitudes still prevalent in our indu

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: On Tuesday 11 August 2009 22:52:34 Robert Dailey wrote: On Aug 11, 3:40 pm, Bearophile wrote: Robert Dailey: This breaks the flow of scope. Would you guys solve this problem by moving failMsg into global scope? Perhaps through some other type of syntax? There are ga

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Tuesday 11 August 2009 22:52:34 Robert Dailey wrote: > On Aug 11, 3:40 pm, Bearophile wrote: > > Robert Dailey: > > > This breaks the flow of scope. Would you guys solve this > > > problem by moving failMsg into global scope? > > > Perhaps through some other type of syntax? > > > > There are ga

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

2009/8/11 Robert Dailey : > On Aug 11, 3:40 pm, Bearophile wrote: >> There are gals too here. > > It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming > advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help. Give the attitudes still prevalent in our industry (cf

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Robert Dailey wrote: Hey guys. Being a C++ programmer, I like to keep variable definitions close to the location in which they will be used. This improves readability in many ways. However, when I have a multi-line string definition at function level scope, things get tricky because of the indent

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 11, 3:40 pm, Bearophile wrote: > Robert Dailey: > > > This breaks the flow of scope. Would you guys solve this > > problem by moving failMsg into global scope? > > Perhaps through some other type of syntax? > > There are gals too here. > This may help:http://docs.python.org/library/textwrap

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Robert Dailey: > This breaks the flow of scope. Would you guys solve this > problem by moving failMsg into global scope? > Perhaps through some other type of syntax? There are gals too here. This may help: http://docs.python.org/library/textwrap.html#textwrap.dedent Bye, bearophile -- http://mai

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Robert Dailey wrote: On Aug 11, 3:08 pm, Robert Dailey wrote: Hey guys. Being a C++ programmer, I like to keep variable definitions close to the location in which they will be used. This improves readability in many ways. However, when I have a multi-line string definition at function level sco

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

On Aug 11, 3:08 pm, Robert Dailey wrote: > Hey guys. Being a C++ programmer, I like to keep variable definitions > close to the location in which they will be used. This improves > readability in many ways. However, when I have a multi-line string > definition at function level scope, things get t

Need cleanup advice for multiline string

Hey guys. Being a C++ programmer, I like to keep variable definitions close to the location in which they will be used. This improves readability in many ways. However, when I have a multi-line string definition at function level scope, things get tricky because of the indents. In this case indents