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| Date | Tue, 8 Nov 2011 11:11:58 -0800 |
| From | Westley MartÃnez <anikom15@gmail.com> |
| To | python-list@python.org |
| Subject | Re: Line continuation issue\ |
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On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 11:10:58AM -0400, Steven Lehar wrote: > Is this the right place to propose language extensions? > > My Python code keeps expanding rightwards, it is difficult to keep it > contained within reasonable limits. But the standard line continuation \ > is positively anti-Pythonic because an *invisible* white space between \ > and [CR] will render it useless. > > How about a new Python symbol, maybe \\ that CAN have following whitespace > which is ignored, so that seeing a \\ in the code forces it to continue on > the next line. > > Has this issue been discussed already? > > slehar Use subroutines.
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Re: Line continuation issue\ Westley MartÃnez <anikom15@gmail.com> - 2011-11-08 11:11 -0800
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