Re: [Configobj-develop] Escapes

[David H. <neg...@gm...>]

Note that {'expression': '\\200'} is the repr view of the dict entry.
Strings will show any escaped character using the escape seq ('\').  In
other words -- it's actually showing you that there _is_ a normal slash
included in the string.

I.e. -- are you sure there's a problem?

If you do: print dict['expression']  then you'll get '\200', which is
presumably exactly what you intended.

This is a common python user misunderstanding.

Observe the following:

>>> x = 'a\\b\nc'
>>> x
'a\\b\nc'
>>> print x
a\b
c
>>> print repr(x)
'a\\b\nc'



regards,

- David Hostetler


On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 08:54, Scott Sibley <sis...@gm...> wrote:

> Sorry if this got sent twice.
>
> I'm probably just looking over the answer.
>
> The following:
>
> [widget_foo]
> expression='\200'
>
> Turns into this:
>
> {'expression': '\\200'}
>
> Note the extra backslash. Any solution?
>
>
>
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