[Python-Dev] Re: What to do about invalid escape sequences

Glenn Linderman wrote:

I wonder how many raw strings actually use the \" escape productively? Maybe that should be deprecated too! ? I can't think of a good and necessary use for it, can anyone?

Quite rare, I expect, but it's bound to break someone's code. It might be better to introduce a new string prefix, e.g. 'v' for 'verbatim': v"C:\Users\Fred\" -- Greg