Ned Deily added the comment: If you do not want the `\n` to be interpreted as a linefeed, you need to use a raw string literal, like:
a = r''' ... 'my_key' : r'my value which contains \n character' ... ''' >>> print(dedent(a)) 'my_key' : r'my value which contains \n character' ---------- nosy: +ned.deily resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23497> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com