Re: ignoring blank lines in input

Denys Duchier (dduchier@kaml1.csi.uottawa.ca)
27 May 1994 16:28:38 GMT

Guido van Rossum asks:

>But why on earth would you WANT to enter blank lines interactively?

Using "cut and paste" you get the original blank lines whether you
want them or not. Personally, I don't find this problem sufficiently
compelling to warrant a change in the interpreter - but since you
asked, I mentioned it anyway.

--Denys
Dr. Denys Duchier Dept of Computer Science
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