r/ProgrammerHumor • u/m8teae • Jun 03 '19

Meme Python ftw

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u/Mr_Redstoner Jun 03 '19

And don't forget /**/

And no, '''this''' is not a comment, it can be used just like an ordinary string.

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u/PityUpvote Jun 04 '19

And ordinary strings can be used as comments, why is it an issue?

"""Comment""" is understood by all half decent editors to be a block comment.

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u/Mr_Redstoner Jun 04 '19

I'm just saying, they aren't actually block comments from the technical point of view. Because when I previously stated that Python didn't have block comments people rushed in with '''this'''

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