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2.1.5 Explicit line joining
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Two or more physical lines may be joined into logical lines using
backslash characters (<code>&#92;</code>), as follows: when a physical line ends
in a backslash that is not part of a string literal or comment, it is
joined with the following forming a single logical line, deleting the
backslash and the following end-of-line character.  For example:

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if 1900 &lt; year &lt; 2100 and 1 &lt;= month &lt;= 12 \
   and 1 &lt;= day &lt;= 31 and 0 &lt;= hour &lt; 24 \
   and 0 &lt;= minute &lt; 60 and 0 &lt;= second &lt; 60:   # Looks like a valid date
        return 1
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