r'\' - python parser bug?

[Konstantin Veretennicov]

Hi,

recently i tried this:

ActivePython 2.3.2 Build 232[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> '\\'[/color][/color][/color]
'\\'[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> r'\'[/color][/color][/color]
File "<stdin>", line 1
r'\'
^
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string

Is this a known issue? Should i submit a bug report to development?

- kv

[Michael Hudson]

Re: r'\' - python parser bug?

kveretennicov@y ahoo.com (Konstantin Veretennicov) writes:
[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> recently i tried this:
>
> ActivePython 2.3.2 Build 232[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> '\\'[/color][/color]
> '\\'[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> r'\'[/color][/color]
> File "<stdin>", line 1
> r'\'
> ^
> SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string
>
> Is this a known issue?[/color]

http://www.python.org/doc/faq/general.html#why-can-t-raw-strings-r-strings-end-with-a-backslash

Cheers,
mwh

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