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

[David Goodger]

> On 5/11/07, David Goodger <goodger at python.org> wrote:
> > 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])')

On 5/11/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> But wouldn't it be just as handy to teach the re module about \u and
> \U, just as it already knows about \x (and \123 octals)?

Could be. I'm just providing examples, as requested.
I leave the heavy thinking to others ;-)

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