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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Python (e.g. 2.5) does not accept a backslash as
the LAST character of a raw string:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>>>> r"\"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> File "<stdin>", line 1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> r"\"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>
^</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Syntax Error: EOL while scanning single-quoted
string.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>path = r'\MyDir\MySubDir\' # raises same
error</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>path = r'\MyDir\MySubDir' # no
error</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Isn't this a bug?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Rob Cliffe</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>