Thomas Kluyver <tho...@kluyver.me.uk> added the comment:
I'm still a bit confused why it gets escaped - as far as I know, the escaping only happens when you repr() a string, as the displayhook does automatically: >>> a = """ a ' single and " double quote """ >>> a ' a \' single and " double quote ' >>> print(repr(a)) ' a \' single and " double quote ' >>> print("%r" % a) ' a \' single and " double quote ' >>> print(a) a ' single and " double quote The warnings code doesn't appear to ever repr() the message. So I guess it's some further bit of interaction with doctest. But unfortunately I don't have time to dig through doctest to try and understand it. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue36695> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com