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[Python-ideas] Add \e escape code

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Tue Jun 11 19:10:35 CEST 2013 
On 12/06/13 03:02, MRAB wrote:
> On 11/06/2013 17:22, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> Should Python support \e in strings for the ESC control character,
>> ASCII 0x1B (27)?
>>
>> \e is supported by Perl, PHP, Ruby, and although it is not standard
>> C, gcc:
>>
>> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.1/gcc/Character-Escapes.html
>>
>> I have the Python Pocket Reference, by Mark Lutz, 1st Edition from
>> 1998, which lists \e as a string escape code. I don't know if that
>> was a mistake, or if \e used to be supported prior to 1.5 but was
>> then removed.
>>
> I wouldn't say no, but, on the other hand, it has been a very long time
> since I personally have used it. In other words, is there sufficient
> demand for it?

I use it often enough to miss having \e, but not often enough to remember what the hex or octal code for ESC is.


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Steven
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