I asked this question here, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16435233/this-python-string-literals-documentation-couldnt-explain-me-single-quote-pres, . I was advised to ask here
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Alok Nayak <aloknaya...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This python string literals > documentation<http://docs.python.org/2/reference/lexical_analysis.html#string-literals>couldn't > explain: single quote presence inside double quoted string and > viceversa. > > I think both double quoted string and single quoted string need to be > defined differently for representing the 'stringliteral' lexical definition. > > shortstringchar ::= <any source character except "\" or newline or the quote> > > here in this definition 'the quote' isn't specific whether single (') or > double ("). > > > -- > Alok Nayak > Gwalior, India > -- Alok Nayak Gwalior, India
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