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Author stanhx
Recipients stanhx, terry.reedy
Date 2020-05-23.01:59:09
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The backspace character \b is not processed correctly in IDLE 3.8.2:
>>> print("deleted\b file")
deleted file

Running the interpreter from Terminal, it works:
>>> print("deleted\b file")
delete file

Same result on two systems: MacBook Pro, one on OSX 10.14.6 and another on 10.13.6.
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2020-05-23 01:59:11stanhxsetrecipients: + stanhx, terry.reedy
2020-05-23 01:59:11stanhxsetmessageid: <1590199151.54.0.454885247619.issue40738@roundup.psfhosted.org>
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