[Python-Dev] Go \x yourself

[Greg Ewing]

BDFL:

> No, problems with literal interpretations traditionally raise
> "runtime" exceptions rather than syntax errors.  E.g.

What about using an exception that's a subclass of *both*
ValueError and SyntaxError?

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