Line continuations now terminate after one blank line (#2108) Previously, we had In [1]: 1\ ...: ...: ...: ...: In other words, no amount of blank lines would terminate after a line continuation, in contrast with regular Python: >>> 1\ ... 1 This made things really annoying when I typed \ instead of a newline--quite easy to do since they are right next to each other on the keyboard. Now, we have In [1]: 1\ ...: Out[1]: 1 This also fixes another related behavioral difference between IPython. If a space follows a line continuation character, it should be a SyntaxError("unexpected character after line continuation character"), even if the line is otherwise continuable, according to regular Python (e.g., `1 \ ` or `(1 + \ `). This now consistent between the two. Closes #2108