id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	resolution	keywords	cc	work_issues	upstream	reviewer	author	merged	dependencies	stopgaps
2031	serious preparser lameness involving time and comments	was	was	"It would be fair to argue that this is pretty sucky behavior in Sage:

{{{
teragon:~ was$ build/sage-2.10.1.rc4/sage
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| SAGE Version 2.10.1.rc4, Release Date: 2008-01-31                  |
| Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information.        |
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sage: time 2 + 2     # can Sage add 2 and 2?
Object `time Integer(2) + Integer(2)     # can Sage add 2 and 2` not found.
sage: time 2 + 2     # Sage can add 2 and 2
------------------------------------------------------------
   File ""<timed exec>"", line 1
     Integer(2) + Integer(2)     \# Sage can add 2 and 2
                                                       ^
<type 'exceptions.SyntaxError'>: unexpected character after line continuation character

}}}

I'm to blame for both bugs, of course... :-)"	defect	new	major	sage-5.11	user interface			mjo		N/A					
