Edmund, I agree that this problem with Emacs should be fixed. However, I disagree with your argument. Take it to the extreme and you end up with statements like "Operation system X has a broken implementation of Y, but who cares! That's their problem. Why should our code be crippled because they don't support it?" Emacs has a large constituency, particularly among Python coders, and the benefits of making them 'like' reading your code far outweigh the minor inconvenience of using """ instead of '''. Tavis
On June 20, 2002 12:01 pm, Edmund Lian wrote: > Ian and Tavis, thanks for the quick reply regarding single versus double > quoted triplets. Seems to me though, that if the issue is Emacs can't > understand triple quoted strings that use apostrophes, then Emacs should be > fixed, not Python source code. > > Once everybody starts going down the path of adapting coding habits to the > limitations and idiosyncracies of editors, there'll be no end of trouble. > E.g., "oh, editor X doesn't handle Y well, so let's not use Y either, since > we did the same for Emacs". I can't see any particular reason why one > should favor helping Emacs over another editor... > > ...Edmund. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Sponsored by: > ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Webware-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-devel ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ Webware-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-devel
