[Python-Dev] Raw string syntax inconsistency

[Terry Reedy]

On 6/18/2012 11:12 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Ok, banning ru"..." and ur"..." altogether is fine too (assuming it's
> fine with the originators of the PEP).

The original PEP never proposed ur or ru , only u/U.

It turns out that ur is problematical even in 2.x, as its meaning is 
changed by the future import. 2&3 code should skip the convenience of 
the r prefix and just use u and doubled \s. The PEP should probably say 
that.

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Terry Jan Reedy