Martin v. Löwis wrote: > > I just checked in r62163 with this change: > > - rc = os.system(r"ml64 -c -Foms\uptable.obj ms\uptable.asm") > > + rc = os.system("ml64 -c -Foms\\uptable.obj ms\\uptable.asm") > > > > What should happen with raw unicode strings that contain a \u? The > > old code above was generating: > > SyntaxError: (unicode error) truncated \uXXXX > > > > Is that correct? Or should the \u be translated literally? > > The intention is that the file ms\uptable.asm is compiled to > ms\uptable.obj. So the change is correct. (not sure what > alternatives you might have considered)
I use raw strings when there are backslashes in the text, and I still want it to be readable:: r"C:\Documents and Settings\User" But this is now invalid! This kills the usefulness of it IMO. -- Amaury Forgeot d'Arc _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com