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

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>> I actually disagree with that. It is fairly easy to include non-ASCII
>> characters in a raw Unicode string - just type them in.
> 
> That violates the convention used in many places that source code
> should only contain printable ASCII, and all non-ASCII or unprintable
> characters should be written using \x or \u escapes.

Following that convention: How do you get a non-ASCII byte into
a raw byte string in Python 2.x?

You can't - so why should you be able to get a non-ASCII character
into a raw Unicode string?

Regards,
Martin