I've just come across an omission in re.sub which I hadn't noticed before.
In re.sub the replacement string can contain escape sequences, for example: >>> repr(re.sub(r"x", r"\n", "axb")) "'a\\nb'" However: >>> repr(re.sub(r"x", r"\x0A", "axb")) "'a\\\\x0Ab'" Yes, it doesn't recognise "\xNN". Is there a reason for this? The regex module does the same, but is there any objection to me fixing it in the regex module? (I'm thinking about compatibility with re here.) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
