Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment:
The AST _does_ correctly represent the Python string object in the source, though. After: >>> s = """ ... Hello \n world ... """ we have a Python object `s` of type `str`, which contains exactly three newlines, zero "n" characters, and zero backslashes. So: >>> s == '\nHello \n world\n' True If the AST Str node value were '\nHello \\\n world\n' as you suggest, that would represent a different string to `s`: one containing two newline characters, one "n" and one backslash. If you need to operate directly on the source as text, then the AST representation probably isn't what you want. ---------- nosy: +mark.dickinson _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue36911> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
