explicit is better than implicit. That gives me an idea for a module with the following debugging command line functionality.
import sass >>> "" ":p" Traceback: Are you telling me that ' ' is supposed to an operator? (Rock thrown) On March 14, 2018 10:40:38 AM GMT+01:00, Thomas Jollans <t...@tjol.eu> wrote: >On 2018-03-14 05:08, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> Explain the difference between these two triple-quoted strings: >> >> Here is a triple-quoted string containing spaces and a triple-quote: >> >> py> """ \""" """ >> ' """ ' >> >> >> But remove the spaces, and two of the quotation marks disappear: >> >> py> """\"""""" >> '"' >> >> >> If nobody gets the answer, I shall reveal all later. >> >> (Hint: it is not a bug.) >> > >Ah, subtle! > >Initially I thought the first one was being interpreted as > >''' """ ''' > >and the second one as > >"" '"' "" "" > >which left me rather puzzled as to why the first wasn't being >interpreted as > >"" ' "' " " "" > >but of course that's not what's going on at all. The second one is > >'''"''' "" > >As to WHY - in both your examples, the literal can be interpreted as a >triple-quoted string, so it is (rather than some combination of >single-quoted strings). And, in both cases, the SHORTEST possible >reading as a triple-quoted string is used. > >There, now I can go back to work. > >- Thomas > >-- >https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
