Christian Heimes added the comment: You have to either quote the backslashes or use raw strings:
>>> "\a" '\x07' >>> "\\a" '\\a' >>> r"\a" '\\a' ---------- nosy: +christian.heimes resolution: -> invalid status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16744> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
