[Python-Dev] Strings: '012円' -> '\n'

2001年1月15日 22:28:38 -0500

> > So... i'm submitting a patch that causes the three most common
> > special whitespace characters, '\n', '\r', and '\t', to appear in
> > their natural form rather than as octal escapes when strings are
> > printed and repr()ed.
>> Works for me. I'd add \v, \b and \a to cover the whole ANSI C 
> standard escape set (hmmm...am I missing any?)

You missed \f [*]. Unclear to me whether it's a good idea to add the
lesser-known ones; they are just as likely binary gobbledegook rather
than what their escapes stand for.
[*] http://www.python.org/doc/current/ref/strings.html
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)