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Title: os.py uses #' - undocumented magic?
Type: Stage:
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 2.4
process
Status: closed Resolution: not a bug
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: skip.montanaro Nosy List: jimjjewett, loewis, skip.montanaro
Priority: low Keywords:

Created on 2004-03-29 18:41 by jimjjewett, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg20373 - (view) Author: Jim Jewett (jimjjewett) Date: 2004-03-29 18:41 
os.py wraps the first section of code (determining which 
operating system and path to use) in lines containing just 

#'

(A comment start followed by a single-quote start.)

This looks like unexplained magic.  It should either be 
deleted, or commented to indicate why it is there.
msg20374 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2004-03-29 22:09 
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Assigning to Skip, who added these in os.py 1.41, with a
check-in message of

added several more __all__ lists
msg20375 - (view) Author: Skip Montanaro (skip.montanaro) * (Python triager) Date: 2004-03-31 18:06 
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It's not magic.  It's just there to get python-mode back in
sync.  Emacs's notion of string characters doesn't include
triple-quoted strings, so if you have something like:

    """Madam, I'm Adam."""

it can look unbalanced to python-mode (lone apostrophe). 
The #' simply "closes" that apostrophe.

I don't think it warrants a comment everywhere it's used. 
It's just something people need to understand.
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