[issue13052] IDLE: replace ending with '\' causes crash

[Ezio Melotti]

Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti at gmail.com> added the comment:

Thanks for the patch.

This seems to fix the problem with the trailing \, but not the other issues.  As I mentioned in my previous message I think re.escape might be a better solution.
I also wonder if there are tests for this, and how difficult would be to add them if they are missing.

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