Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet at unequivocal.co.uk> wrote:
> I presume there was originally some reason for this bizarre behaviour
> - it'd be interesting to know what it is/was, if anyone knows?
>See the FAQ for the explanation:
http://www.python.org/doc/faq/general/#why-can-t-raw-strings-r-strings-end-with-a-backslash
The idea is that if you use raw strings for regular expressions you can
write things like:
pattern = r'[\'"]'
if the raw string simply ignored the backslash altogether it would be much
harder to write regular expressions that contain both sorts of quotes.
