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Author eli.bendersky
Recipients QuantumTim, docs@python, eli.bendersky, ezio.melotti, facundobatista, georg.brandl, gwideman, r.david.murray, v+python
Date 2011-03-13.13:17:16
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> Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com> added the comment:
>
> I would rephrase:
> +There is one subtle aspect to raw strings that is of special concern to
> Windows
> +programmers:  a raw string may not end in an odd number of ``\``
> characters.
>
> to something like:
> +There is one subtle aspect to raw strings: a raw string may not end in
> +an odd number of ``\`` characters.  That is of special concern while
> +dealing with Windows paths.
>
> Otherwise it seems that this problem only affects raw strings on Windows.
>

I agree, but I'd also say something about os.path.join when mentioning
Windows paths, because the vast majority of problems that require the
trailing backslashes can be solved with it.
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