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authorSenthil Kumaran <orsenthil@gmail.com>2010-11-08 01:53:13 (GMT)
committerSenthil Kumaran <orsenthil@gmail.com>2010-11-08 01:53:13 (GMT)
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Fix Issue 10303: a small clarification in the tutorial.
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@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ The interpreter prints the result of string operations in the same way as they
are typed for input: inside quotes, and with quotes and other funny characters
escaped by backslashes, to show the precise value. The string is enclosed in
double quotes if the string contains a single quote and no double quotes, else
-it's enclosed in single quotes. Once again, the :func:`print` function
-produces the more readable output.
+it's enclosed in single quotes. The :func:`print` function produces a more
+readable output for such input strings.
String literals can span multiple lines in several ways. Continuation lines can
be used, with a backslash as the last character on the line indicating that the