Multiline comments in Python doesn't compile

[kenny-evitt]

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]

Any, progress on this issue?

[kenny-evitt]

@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.