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

[David Goodger]

Guido van Rossum <guido <at> python.org> writes:
> I'd like to hear from anyone who has access to *real code* that uses
> \u or \U in a raw unicode string.

Docutils uses it in the docutils.parsers.rst.states module, Body class:

    patterns = {
          'bullet': ur'[-+*\u2022\u2023\u2043]( +|$)',
    ...

    attribution_pattern = re.compile(ur'(---?(?!-)|\u2014) *(?=[^ \n])')

-- David Goodger <http://python.net/~goodger>