r'\' - python parser bug?

[Michael Hudson]

kveretennicov at yahoo.com (Konstantin Veretennicov) writes:

> Hi,
> 
> recently i tried this:
> 
> ActivePython 2.3.2 Build 232
> >>> '\\'
> '\\'
> >>> r'\'
>   File "<stdin>", line 1
>     r'\'
>        ^
> SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string
> 
> Is this a known issue?

http://www.python.org/doc/faq/general.html#why-can-t-raw-strings-r-strings-end-with-a-backslash

Cheers,
mwh

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