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Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why?

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Date Fri, 3 Apr 2015 00:40:05 -0600
Subject Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why?
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On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> This sterile, pointless arguing about the minutia of pedantic definitions is
> not even close to useful. Honestly Thomas, Ian, nobody cares any more. If I
> were a betting man, I'd bet that neither of you can describe, in one
> sentence, what is the actual disagreement between the two of you, let alone
> why it matters for Python programming.

Oh, either of us *could* describe it in one sentence; it's just that
our descriptions of how we disagree would not agree. ;-)

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  Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 23:09 -0600
    Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-03-26 17:45 +0100
      Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 12:29 -0600
        Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-03-26 19:54 +0100
          Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 17:27 -0600
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                Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-04-02 23:31 +0200
                Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-04-02 15:26 -0700
                Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-04-02 18:21 -0600
                Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-04-03 16:40 +1100
                Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-04-03 16:57 +1100
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                Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-04-03 09:25 -0600
                Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-04-03 00:40 -0600
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          Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-03-28 19:06 +0100
      Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 12:32 -0600
        Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-03-26 19:56 +0100
          Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-27 10:15 +1100
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            Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 19:38 -0600
            Re: A simple single line, triple-quoted comment is giving syntax error. Why? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-03-27 07:34 +0200
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