On 22/02/2023 15:23, Paul Bryan wrote:
Adding to this, there should be no reason now in recent versions of
Python to ever use line continuation. Black goes so far as to state
"backslashes are bad and should never be used":
https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/the_black_code_style/future_style.html#using-backslashes-for-with-statements
def someFunc():
HelpText = """\
Left click: Open spam
Shift + Left click: Cook spam
Right click: Crack egg
Shift + Right click: Fry egg
"""
The initial backslash aligns the first line with the others (in a fixed
font of course).
Best wishes
Rob Cliffe
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