E502.md

Pattern: Use of redundant \ between brackets

Issue: -

Description

There is no need for backslashes between brackets.

Example of incorrect code:

print('Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought '\
      'forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived '\
      'in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that '\
      '"all men are created equal."')

Example of correct code:

print('Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought '
      'forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived '
      'in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that '
      '"all men are created equal."')

Further Reading

• https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#maximum-line-length