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2.1.5 Explicit line joining
Two or more physical lines may be joined into logical lines using
backslash characters (
<code>\</code>), as follows: when a physical line ends
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if
1900 < year
< 2100 and
1 <= month
<=
12 \
and
1 <= day
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31 and
0 <= hour
< 24 \
and
0 <= minute
< 60 and
0 <= second
< 60: # Looks like a valid date
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