Python doesn't recognize quote types

[wxPythoner at gmail.com]

There's a thing that bugs me in Python. Look at this...

>>> print "Testing\"
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string


Please focus on the part of the error message that states "while
scanning single-quoted string". How can Python claim it scanned a
single-quoted string when I fed it with a double-quoted string? Is
quote type (single quote and double quote) recognition not implemented
in Python?