[Thomas Wouters]
> +1 if it's a compile-time error, +0 if it isn't and won't be
> made one. ...
Quoting back from the original msg:
> ... will raise ValueError at compile-time for an invalid \x escape
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The pseudo-example was taken from a pseudo interactive prompt, and just as
in a real example at a real interactive prompt, each (pseduo)input line was
(pseudo)compiled one at a time <wink>.