Multiline comments in Python doesn't compile

kenny-evitt commented 8 years ago

Copied from the original comment in LightTable/LightTable#1200:

OS : Debian testing Lighttable version : 0.6.2 (64 bit) (binary version 0.8.4) Python version : 2.7.6

How to reproduce :

create a new file "test.py" and open it in LighTable

create a multiline comment
'''  
This  
is a  
multiline  
comment  
'''
execute the file (CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER)

Current results : Stacktrace saying "SyntaxError: EOF while scanning triple-quoted string literal"

Expected results : normal compilation.

Note on Python comments:

The "standard" comment used in Python is the '#' character (http://docs.python.org/2/reference/lexical_analysis.html?highlight=comment#comments)

However, multiline comments using triple quotes works in a Python interpreter. Moreover, this usage is validated by Guido van Rossum in a tweet. (https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/112670605505077248)

Thanks !

EDIT : Change the code block to correctly displayed the line break. Change the shortcut to execute the file to CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER

javiqm12 commented 8 years ago

Any, progress on this issue?

kenny-evitt commented 8 years ago

@javiqm12 We dropped support for this plugin because none of the core team works with Python. We'd love for someone to takeover maintining this, but no one's stepped up yet.

LightTable / Python

Multiline comments in Python doesn't compile #40