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From: Dave Angel <davea@davea.name>
Subject: Re: how does not work nested comment in python?
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 12:08:50 +0000 (UTC)
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On 4/9/2013 02:13, vnkumbhani@gmail.com wrote:

> example: 
>  
> print "hello" # print comment +"world"    => single line comment

>>> print "hello" # print comment +"world"    => single line comment
hello


> print "hello" '''print comment''' +"world"   => multiple line comment

>>> print "hello" '''print comment''' +"world"   => multiple line comment
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    print "hello" '''print comment''' +"world"   => multiple line comment
                                             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> print "hello" '''print comment''' +"world"
helloprint commentworld

What is your question?  The first line has a comment on it, the second
one does not.

-- 
DaveA