Re: [Python-Dev] Implicit String Concatenation and Octal Literals Was: PEP 30XZ: Simplified Parsing

2007-05-03 Thread skip
> "skip" == skip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Raymond> Another way to look at it is to ask whether we would consider Raymond> adding implicit string concatenation if we didn't already have Raymond> it. skip> As I recall it was a "relatively recent" addition. Maybe 2.0 or

Re: [Python-Dev] Implicit String Concatenation and Octal Literals Was: PEP 30XZ: Simplified Parsing

2007-05-03 Thread Jon Ribbens
On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 10:23:39PM -0700, Raymond Hettinger wrote: > Another way to look at it is to ask whether we would consider > adding implicit string concatenation if we didn't already have it. > I think there would be a chorus of emails against it Personally, I would have been irritated if

Re: [Python-Dev] Implicit String Concatenation and Octal Literals Was: PEP 30XZ: Simplified Parsing

2007-05-03 Thread skip
Raymond> Another way to look at it is to ask whether we would consider Raymond> adding implicit string concatenation if we didn't already have Raymond> it. As I recall it was a "relatively recent" addition. Maybe 2.0 or 2.1? It certainly hasn't been there from the beginning. Skip _

[Python-Dev] Implicit String Concatenation and Octal Literals Was: PEP 30XZ: Simplified Parsing

2007-05-02 Thread Raymond Hettinger
>Raymond> I find that style hard to maintain. What is the advantage over >Raymond> multi-line strings? > >Raymond> rows = self.executesql(''' >Raymond> select cities.city, state, country >Raymond> from cities, venues, events, addresses >Raymond> where cities.