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Author r.david.murray
Recipients 846909323, amaury.forgeotdarc, r.david.murray
Date 2011-04-08.00:09:26
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To a pythonista, the perl behavior is counter-intuitive :)

That said, the behavior of r'\' *is* somewhat counter-intuitive.  See issue 1271 for a fairly thorough exploration of why it is the way it is.
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