May I suggest giving the possibility to use any delimiter for a raw string?
just like in Vi or ruby.
Vi:
%s_a_b_g is valid and so is %s/a/b/g
Ruby:
%q{dj'\ks'a\'"} or %q-dj'\ks'a\'"-
So as long as your regex does not use all the valid characters, readability is
maintained.
-matt
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From: Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: python-list@python.org
Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 9:27:46 PM
Subject: Re: what is wrong with that r"\"
On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:21:14 +0000, Neil Cerutti wrote:
> If the escaped quotes didn't function in raw strings, I'd be
> unable to construct (with a single notation) a regex that
> included both kinds of quotes at once.
>
> re.compile(r"'\"")
Where's the problem!? ::
re.compile(r''''"''')
Ah, I see -- readability is the problem. :-)
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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