[Python-ideas] Add \e escape code

[Steven D'Aprano]

Should Python support \e in strings for the ESC control character, ASCII 0x1B (27)?

\e is supported by Perl, PHP, Ruby, and although it is not standard C, gcc:

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.1/gcc/Character-Escapes.html

I have the Python Pocket Reference, by Mark Lutz, 1st Edition from 1998, which lists \e as a string escape code. I don't know if that was a mistake, or if \e used to be supported prior to 1.5 but was then removed.


-- 
Steven