bug in parser?

[Neal Becker]

Isn't this a bug?

print \"

SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character

 

[Grant Edwards]

Isn't this a bug?

print \"

SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character

No.

http://www.google.com/search?q=python+line+continuation+character

First hit:

http://docs.python.org/reference/lexical_analysis.html

Section 2.1.5

Two or more physical lines may be joined into logical lines using
backslash characters (\), as follows: when a physical line ends in a
backslash that is not part of a string literal or comment, [...]
[...]
A backslash is illegal elsewhere on a line outside a string literal.

Anything else we can look up for you?