On 8/10/2019 3:36 PM, Greg Ewing wrote:
Glenn Linderman wrote:
I wonder how many raw strings actually use the \" escape
productively? Maybe that should be deprecated too! ? I can't think
of a good and necessary use for it, can anyone?
Quite rare, I expect, but it's bound to break someone's code.
It might be better to introduce a new string prefix, e.g.
'v' for 'verbatim':
v"C:\Users\Fred\"
Which is why I suggested rr"C:\directory\", but allowed as how there
might be better spellings.... I like your v for verbatim !
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