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Author	terry.reedy
Recipients	abarry, ezio.melotti, gvanrossum, jayvdb, martin.panter, python-dev, r.david.murray, serhiy.storchaka, terry.reedy, vstinner, ztane
Date	2016年09月08日.23:51:40
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Message-id	<1473378700.79.0.364272675196.issue27364@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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Thank you all for persisting on this. I have seen numerous beginners be puzzled why normal (cooked) strings using '\' for Windows paths sometimes work and sometimes 'mysteriously' do not, as in the initially referenced issue. I also think it better to consistently use 'r' for REs with '\' intended to be passed through to re. (And I pushed some of the IDLE code that was patched.)

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Thank you all for persisting on this. I have seen numerous beginners be puzzled why normal (cooked) strings using '\' for Windows paths sometimes work and sometimes 'mysteriously' do not, as in the initially referenced issue. I also think it better to consistently use 'r' for REs with '\' intended to be passed through to re. (And I pushed some of the IDLE code that was patched.)

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Date	User	Action	Args
2016年09月08日 23:51:40	terry.reedy	set	recipients: + terry.reedy, gvanrossum, vstinner, ezio.melotti, r.david.murray, python-dev, martin.panter, serhiy.storchaka, ztane, jayvdb, abarry
2016年09月08日 23:51:40	terry.reedy	set	messageid: <1473378700.79.0.364272675196.issue27364@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2016年09月08日 23:51:40	terry.reedy	link	issue27364 messages
2016年09月08日 23:51:40	terry.reedy	create

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