On Jun 25, 7:17 am, Lie Ryan <lie.1...@gmail.com> wrote: > MRAB wrote: > > There's no difference between the two types of quote character. > > a small exception is single-quote can contain double quote but cannot > contain unescaped single quote while double-quote can contain single > quote but cannot contain unescaped double quote.
Refinement 1: S can contain D but cannot contain unescaped S D can contain S but cannot contain unescaped D Refinement 2: for Q in list_of_defined_quote_characters: Q can contain non-Q but cannot contain unescaped Q I'd call that orthogonal and a similarity not a small exception to "no difference" :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list