[Python-Dev] [PEP 223] Change the Meaning of \x Escapes (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@beopen.com
Thu, 24 Aug 2000 00:34:15 -0500

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http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0223.html

Nice PEP!

Effects on Other Tools

Believed to be none. [...]

I believe that Fredrik also needs to fix SRE's interpretation of \xhh. Unless he's already done that.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)