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Python (e.g. 2.5) does not accept a backslash as the LAST character of a raw string:

 

>>> r"\\"

  File "<stdin>", line 1

    r"\\"

        ^

Syntax Error: EOL while scanning single-quoted string.

 

path = r'\\MyDir\\MySubDir\\'  # raises same error

path = r'\\MyDir\\MySubDir'   # no error

 

Isn't this a bug?

 

Rob Cliffe