[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-587087 ] ur'\u' not handled properly

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Bugs item #587087, was opened at 2002-07-26 11:05
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Category: Parser/Compiler
Group: Python 2.2
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Jeff Epler (jepler)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: ur'\u' not handled properly

Initial Comment:
according to
http://www.python.org/doc/current/ref/strings.html, no
\-escapes have a meaning inside raw strings.

However, \u seems to be interpreted:
>>> ur'\u'
UnicodeError: Unicode-Escape decoding error: truncated
\uXXXX
>>> ur'\u0100'
u'\u0100'

I would expect the values to be
u'\u'
u'\u0100'

Tested in 2.3a0 from <2 weeks ago and python 2.2.

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