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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref2.tex b/Doc/ref/ref2.tex index b8ddacb..68f6570 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref2.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref2.tex @@ -54,11 +54,18 @@ by following the explicit or implicit \emph{line joining} rules. \subsection{Physical lines\label{physical}} -A physical line ends in whatever the current platform's convention is -for terminating lines. On \UNIX, this is the \ASCII{} LF (linefeed) -character. On Windows, it is the \ASCII{} sequence CR LF (return -followed by linefeed). On Macintosh, it is the \ASCII{} CR (return) -character. +A physical line is a sequence of characters terminated by an end-of-line +sequence. In source files, any of the standard platform line +termination sequences can be used - the \UNIX form using \ASCII{} LF +(linefeed), the Windows form using the \ASCII{} sequence CR LF (return +followed by linefeed), or the Macintosh form using the \ASCII{} CR +(return) character. All of these forms can be used equally, regardless +of platform. + +When embedding Python, source code strings should be passed to Python +APIs using the standard C conventions for newline characters (the +\code{\e n} character, representing \ASCII{} LF, is the line +terminator). \subsection{Comments\label{comments}} |