[Tim sez]
> The new rule is ...
>... an \x escape is of the form
>
> \xhh
>
> where h is a hex digit. That's it.
> >>> "\x123465" # \x12 -> \022, "3465" left alone
> '\0223465'
Hooray! I got bit often enough by that one ('e') that I forced
myself to always use the wholly unnatural octal.
god-gave-us-sixteen-fingers-for-a-reason-ly y'rs
- Gordon