[issue18568] Support \e escape code in strings

Changes by Steven D'Aprano : -- resolution: -> rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing li

[issue18568] Support \e escape code in strings

New submission from Steven D'Aprano: I'm adding this so there is a record in the bug tracker for posterity. No action is needed except to close it as a "Won't Fix". As per this discussion here: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2013-June/021318.html using \e as an escape code for