Why didn't python just use the traditional style of comments like C/C++/Java uses:
/**
* Comment lines
* More comment lines
*/
// line comments
// line comments
//
Is there a specific reason for this or is it just arbitrary?
解决方案
Python doesn't use triple quotation marks for comments. Comments use the hash (a.k.a. pound) character:
# this is a comment
The triple quote thing is a doc string, and, unlike a comment, is actually available as a real string to the program:
>>> def bla():
... """Print the answer"""
... print 42
...
>>> bla.__doc__
'Print the answer'
>>> help(bla)
Help on function bla in module __main__:
bla()
Print the answer
It's not strictly required to use triple quotes, as long as it's a string. Using """ is just a convention (and has the advantage of being multiline).