Issue 18568: Support \e escape code in strings

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Title:	Support \e escape code in strings
Type:		Stage:
Components:	Interpreter Core	Versions:

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Status:	closed	Resolution:	rejected
Dependencies:		Superseder:
Assigned To:		Nosy List:	steven.daprano
Priority:	normal	Keywords:

Created on 2013-07-27 06:11 by steven.daprano, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg193776 - (view)	Author: Steven D'Aprano (steven.daprano) *	Date: 2013-07-27 06:11
I'm adding this so there is a record in the bug tracker for posterity. No action is needed except to close it as a "Won't Fix". As per this discussion here: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2013-June/021318.html using \e as an escape code for ASCII ESC character might be nice to have, but it fails backwards compatibility and therefore must be ruled out. (But perhaps could be re-visited in Python 4000?)

msg193776 - (view)

Author: Steven D'Aprano (steven.daprano) * (Python committer)

Date: 2013-07-27 06:11

I'm adding this so there is a record in the bug tracker for posterity. No action is needed except to close it as a "Won't Fix".

As per this discussion here:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2013-June/021318.html

using \e as an escape code for ASCII ESC character might be nice to have, but it fails backwards compatibility and therefore must be ruled out.

(But perhaps could be re-visited in Python 4000?)

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2022-04-11 14:57:48	admin	set	github: 62768
2013-07-27 06:12:01	steven.daprano	set	status: open -> closed resolution: rejected
2013-07-27 06:11:22	steven.daprano	create