Unicode Chars in Windows Path

Fri Apr 4 03:07:39 EDT 2014

Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> writes:
> When working with Windows paths, you should make a habit of either 
> escaping every backslash:
>> u"c:\\automation_common\\Python\\TestCases\\list_dir_script.txt"
>> using a raw-string:
>> ur"c:\automation_common\Python\TestCases\list_dir_script.txt"
>> or just use forward slashes:
>> u"c:/automation_common/Python/TestCases/list_dir_script.txt"

The latter should be preferred, in case Python3 compatibility is a goal.
ciao, lele.
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