[Python-Dev] eval and triple quoted strings

[Walter Dörwald]

Hello all!

This surprised me:

    >>> eval("'''\r\n'''")
    '\n'

Where did the \r go? ast.literal_eval() has the same problem:

    >>> ast.literal_eval("'''\r\n'''")
    '\n'

Is this a bug/worth fixing?

Servus,
    Walter