[Python-Dev] Assymetry in repr(STRING)

[François Pinard]

Hello, all.  I just noticed:

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Python 2.3b2 (#2, Jun 30 2003, 10:14:37) 
[GCC 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)] on linux2
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>>> from __future__ import nested_scopes, generators, division
>>> '\n\f\b\t'
'\n\x0c\x08\t'
>>>
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and wonder if this is really on purpose that `\f' is not echoed as `\f', for
example.  Would not it be nicer if white space effectors were consistently
interpreted?  If `\n' and `\t' got the special treat, why not the others?

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François Pinard   http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard