[openstack-dev] [all] Using \ for multiline statements

Ed Leafe ed at leafe.com
Tue Dec 27 18:00:10 UTC 2016


On Dec 27, 2016, at 11:33 AM, Sean McGinnis <sean.mcginnis at gmx.com> wrote:
> 
>> There is a problem with the use of backslash at the end of the line, where
>> if you also put a space after it, it no longer does what it seemingly
>> should. 
> 
> Oooh. nice. This is the good technical reason I was looking for. So there
> really is a valid reason to avoid this, other than just preference of
> readability and coding style. Thanks!

True, but we also have a pep8 check for spaces at the end of lines.

-- Ed Leafe








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