title: Python style - line continuation with strings?
body: <p>In trying to obey the python style rules, I've set my editors to a max of 79 cols.</p>
  
  <p>In the PEP, it recommends using python's implied continuation within brackets, parentheses and braces.  However, when dealing with strings when I hit the col limit, it gets a little weird.</p>
  
  <p>For instance, trying to use a multiline</p>
  
  <pre><code>mystr = """Why, hello there
  wonderful stackoverflow people!"""
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Will return</p>
  
  <pre><code>"Why, hello there\nwonderful stackoverflow people!"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This works:</p>
  
  <pre><code>mystr = "Why, hello there \
  wonderful stackoverflow people!"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Since it returns this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"Why, hello there wonderful stackoverflow people!"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But, when the statement is indented a few blocks in, this looks weird:</p>
  
  <pre><code>do stuff:
      and more stuff:
          and even some more stuff:
              mystr = "Why, hello there \
  wonderful stackoverflow people!"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If you try and indent the second line:</p>
  
  <pre><code>do stuff:
      and more stuff:
          and even some more stuff:
              mystr = "Why, hello there \
              wonderful stackoverflow people!"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Your string ends up as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"Why, hello there                wonderful stackoverflow people!"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The only way I've found to get around this is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>do stuff:
      and more stuff:
          and even some more stuff:
              mystr = "Why, hello there" \
              "wonderful stackoverflow people!"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which I like better, but is also somewhat uneasy on the eyes, as it looks like there is a string just sitting in the middle of nowhere.  This will produce the proper:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"Why, hello there wonderful stackoverflow people!"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So, my question is - what are some people's recommendations on how to do this and is there something I'm missing in the style guide that does show how I should be doing this?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>