Bug? exec converts '\n' to newline in docstrings!?

[Edward K Ream]

It looks like both exec and execfile are converting "\n" to an actual 
newline
in docstrings!

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Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Sep 19 2006, 09:52:17) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on
win32
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>>> s = '''\
strings = 'abc'.split("\n")
'''
>>> print s
strings = 'abc'.split("
")

I see this in my own calls to exec and execfile.  Is this a bug or am I
missing something?

Edward
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