Re: Syntax|Parse error on code that used to run

[richard]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 11:53:16AM -0400, Mike Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 06:52:30 +0000, richard wrote:
> > Y = ["(","'" E00"'",];
> 
> The lack of a space between a variable and subsequent quoted string
> did work in 3.6 and doesn't seem to work in 3.8. I can't say whether
> this was intentional or not.
> 
> In 3.6, this worked
> 
>   x = "foo";
>   y = ["(","'" x"'"];
> 
> but not without the space in front of the variable as in
> 
>   x = "foo";
>   y = ["(","'"x"'"];
> 
> In 3.8, either a space or a comma is needed on both sides of the
> variable separating it from the strings you are contatenating it with:
> 
>   x = "foo";
>   y = ["(","'" x "'"];
> 
> or
> 
>   y = ["(","'",x,"'"];
> 
> As I said, I can't say whether this was intentional, but it certainly
> looks like an improvement to me.
> 
> HTH,
> 
Thanks Mike, I just got there myself with this. I am not yet absolutely sure
that the database (ie postgresql) is happy with the change, and I could 
not be sure that the problem wasn't something specific to my system. 

Out of curiousity, why do you think the change is an improvement? 

Richard