[mod_python] line continuned operator...\

2008/8/5 Graham Dumpleton <graham.dumpleton at gmail.com>:
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> 2008/8/5  <remember.pol at gmail.com>:
>> Ah.. I realized because the whole page is wrapped in a req.write.
>> :)
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Also, is there a way to replace string variables within a string
>> literal in either Python or mod_python/psp functionality?
>>
>> It's done in PHP like so:
>>
>> $hi = 'hello';
>> $my_str = '$hi world';

You mean:

  hi = 'hello'
  my_str = '%s world' % hi

Graham

>> whould would set $my_str to 'hello world'
>>
>> On 8/4/08, Graham Dumpleton <graham.dumpleton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 2008/8/5 . <remember.pol at gmail.com>:
>>>> Well, I'm curious as to whether anyone could please properly explain
>>>> this to me ...
>>>>
>>>> Any time I end a line in a .psp (mod_python) file with a single
>>>> backslash, this character is not rendered in the final HTML when the
>>>> page is requested through the HTTPD (Apache)..
>>>>
>>>> If the backslash is placed anywhere other than as the extreme last
>>>> character on a line, then it is rendered as expected.
>>>>
>>>> In order to have the backslash rendered at the end of a .psp line it
>>>> actually needs to be escaped by proceeding it with another backslash.
>>>>
>>>> Note, this is _not_ within a code-delimited block (<% %>).
>>>>
>>>> Also, not only is it not rendered but it actually results in the
>>>> newline following the backslash to be removed, resulting in the two
>>>> rendered HTML lines to actually be one.
>>>>
>>>> I find this strange because in a sense the operator is functioning
>>>> ``as defined''... but under what scope?  Simply because I have it in a
>>>> .psp file?
>>>>
>>>> This doesn't happen in .php or .html files. And again I need to
>>>> reiterate this is _NOT_ within a python <% %> block.
>>>>
>>>> Finally, this seems to be the only existing escapable character.
>>>>
>>>> I tried placing \t and \n in the file (and yes, even right at the
>>>> extreme end of a line), and they simply show up as \t and \n in the
>>>> rendered HTML. (Not the actual ASCII character equivalents)
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Enable PythonDebug and .psp_ extension and look at generated source
>>> code. Because Python code is being generated, what is probably being
>>> produced is:
>>>
>>>   """dsfdsaasasfd\
>>> asdasdfasfd"""
>>>
>>> Python is then interpreting it as line continuation character.
>>>
>>> Details of line continuation in:
>>>
>>>   http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/pytut/Strings.html
>>>
>>> Other than that, can't find anything in code which is specifically
>>> dealing with backslash.
>>>
>>> Graham
>>>
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