It looks like both exec and execfile are converting "\n" to an actual newline in docstrings!
Start idle: Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Sep 19 2006, 09:52:17) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 [rest of signon deleted] >>> s = '''\ strings = 'abc'.split("\n") ''' >>> print s strings = 'abc'.split(" ") I see this in my own calls to exec and execfile. Is this a bug or am I missing something? Edward ------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward K. Ream email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list