[Python-Dev] \u and \U escapes in raw unicode string literals (original) (raw)

David Goodger goodger at python.org
Fri May 11 22:12:32 CEST 2007


On 5/11/07, David Goodger <goodger at python.org> wrote: > Docutils uses it in the docutils.parsers.rst.states module, Body class: > > patterns = { > 'bullet': ur'-+*\u2022\u2023\u2043', > ... > > attributionpattern = re.compile(ur'(---?(?!-)|\u2014) *(?=[^ \n])')

On 5/11/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

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)?

Could be. I'm just providing examples, as requested. I leave the heavy thinking to others ;-)

-- David Goodger <http://python.net/~goodger>



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