In article <mailman.1152.1159872720.10491.python-list at python.org>, Matthew Warren wrote:
> I would expect this to work,
>> rawstring=r'some things\new things\some other things\'
>> But it fails as the last backslash escapes the single quote.
String constants in Python are weird - raw strings doubly so.
In a raw string, backslashes are not special - unless followed by
a quote character, when they simultaneously escape the quote and
also insert a literal backslash.
I presume there was originally some reason for this bizarre behaviour
- it'd be interesting to know what it is/was, if anyone knows?
