[Python-Dev] \u and \U escapes in raw unicode string literals

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> However, I understand the other reason (inclusion of non-ASCII
> characters in raw strings) and I reluctantly agree with it.

I actually disagree with that. It is fairly easy to include non-ASCII
characters in a raw Unicode string - just type them in. Or, if that
fails, use string concatenation with a non-raw string:

r"foo\uhallo" "\u20ac" r"welt"

Regards,
Martin