Join multiline strings with '' , ' ' or '\n'?

[andresriancho]

Join multiline strings with '' or '\n'? That's something I'm not sure about.

Joining with empty strings

If we join using '' the long strings that don't contain new lines will look like:

foo = ["abc def hello world",
        " rock stars"]

Result text: abc def hello world rock stars
Rendered markdown: <p>abc def hello world rock stars</p>

Note: The contributor needs to remember to add the empty space before "rock"

And when a contributor wants to add a new line he needs to add it explicitly (which sounds good):

foo = ["abc def hello world\n",
        "rock stars"]

Result text: abc def hello world rock stars
Rendered markdown:

<p>abc def hello world
rock stars</p>

Note: The contributor needs to remember to add a double \n\n if he wants two paragraphs

This is the case for two different paragraphs

foo = ["abc def hello world\n\n",
        "rock stars"]

Result text: abc def hello world rock stars
Rendered markdown:

<p>abc def hello world</p>
<p>rock stars</p>

Joining with a space

If we join with a space we're "fixing" the fact that the contributor needs to remember to add an empty space at the beginning of each line. But that's not very explicit and might confuse contributors.

Joining with a new line

foo = ["abc def hello world",
        " rock stars"]

Result text: abc def hello world\n rock stars
Rendered markdown:

<p>abc def hello world
rock stars</p>

foo = ["abc def hello world",
        "\n",
        " rock stars"]

Result text: abc def hello world\n\n rock stars
Rendered markdown:

<p>abc def hello world</p>
<p>rock stars</p>

This seems to be the cleanest.

Ideas? Comments?

[m0sth8]

👍 for Joining with a space