I think that's a bit too strong. This has been unquestionably valid, correct Python -- it was an intentional feature from the start. It may not have turned out great, but I think that before warning loudly about every instance of this we should have a silent deprecation (which you can turn into a visible warning with a command-line flag or a warnings filter). And we should have agreement that we're eventually going to make it a syntax error.
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 1:57 AM, Serhiy Storchaka <storch...@gmail.com> wrote: > See topic "Unrecognized backslash escapes in string literals" in Python > list [1]. I agree that this is a problem, especially for novices (but even > experience users can make a typo). May be emit SyntaxWarning on > unrecognized backslash escapes? An exception is already raised on invalid > octal or hexadecimal escapes. '\x' is syntax error, not two characters '\\' > and 'x'. > > [1] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general/772455 > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/ > guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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