[I18n-sig] Literal strings

[Christian Tanzer]

pf@artcom-gmbh.de (Peter Funk) wrote:

> If code can be modified automatically (and what you proposed can
> be done with a only slightly more elaborated operation than a simple
> 's/"/u"/g' replacement) this is IMO no argument.

Unfortunately, it's not that simple:

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Python 1.5.2 (#5, Jan  4 2000, 11:37:02)  [GCC 2.7.2.1] on linux2
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> #some_string
=2E.. =

>>> import re
>>> some_string=3D'''
=2E.. Just to test an over-simplified regex: "first string".
=2E.. """Followed by another string =

=2E.. spanning several lines.
=2E.. """
=2E.. '''
>>> print some_string =


Just to test an over-simplified regex: "first string".
"""Followed by another string
spanning several lines.
"""

>>> print re.sub ('"','u"',some_string )

Just to test an over-simplified regex: u"first stringu".
u"u"u"Followed by another string
spanning several lines.
u"u"u"
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Do you really have `a only slightly more elaborated operation'? If so,
please post it.

Regards,
Christian

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