Re: [Webware-devel] Fixing doc strings

[Tavis R. <ta...@re...>]

Edmund,
I agree that this problem with Emacs should be fixed. However, I disagree=
 with=20
your argument.  Take it to the extreme and you end up with statements lik=
e=20
"Operation system X has a broken implementation of Y, but who cares! That=
's=20
their problem. Why should our code be crippled because they don't support=
=20
it?"  Emacs has a large constituency, particularly among Python coders, a=
nd=20
the benefits of making them 'like' reading your code far outweigh the min=
or=20
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 doubl=
e
> quoted triplets. Seems to me though, that if the issue is Emacs can't
> understand triple quoted strings that use apostrophes, then Emacs shoul=
d 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 troubl=
e.
> E.g., "oh, editor X doesn't handle Y well, so let's not use Y either, s=
ince
> we did the same for Emacs". I can't see any particular reason why one
> should favor helping Emacs over another editor...
>
> ...Edmund.
>
>
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