On 1 Oct 2007, at 15:11, Clark Maurer wrote: > I’ll apologize in advance for this one since I suspect a lot of > people have hit this. > > The current implementation doesn’t allow for a trailing backslash > in the string. > > > It's a FAQ: http://www.python.org/doc/faq/general/#why-can-t-raw-strings-r- strings-end-with-a-backslash -- Arnaud