[Python-Dev] \u and \U escapes in raw unicode string literals (original) (raw)
Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri May 11 22:06:15 CEST 2007
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On 5/11/07, David Goodger <goodger at python.org> wrote:
Guido van Rossum <guido python.org> writes: > I'd like to hear from anyone who has access to real code that uses > \u or \U in a raw unicode string.
Docutils uses it in the docutils.parsers.rst.states module, Body class: patterns = { 'bullet': ur'-+*\u2022\u2023\u2043', ... attributionpattern = re.compile(ur'(---?(?!-)|\u2014) *(?=[^ \n])')
But wouldn't it be just as handy to teach the re module about \u and \U, just as it already knows about \x (and \123 octals)?
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