[Python-Dev] Go \x yourself (original) (raw)

Gordon McMillan gmcm@hypernet.com
Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:05:07 -0400

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[Tim sez]

The new rule is ... ... an \x escape is of the form

\xhh where h is a hex digit. That's it.

>>> "\x123465" # \x12 -> \022, "3465" left alone '\0223465'

Hooray! I got bit often enough by that one ('e') that I forced myself to always use the wholly unnatural octal.

god-gave-us-sixteen-fingers-for-a-reason-ly y'rs

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