Joe Smith wrote:
> AFAICT there would be no way to use raw strings with that method.
> ...
> Additional backslashes are added to raw strings to remove anything that
> resembles an escape sequence.
You seem to be very confused about the way strings work. If
you look at the repr() of a string containing a backslash,
you will see two backslashes, but they're only in the repr(),
*not* in the string itself.
Some things to ponder:
>>> "\{" == r"\{"
True
>>> len("\{")
2
>>> len(r"\{")
2
--
Greg
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