[Python-Dev] [patch #100912] should we keep the \xnnnn escape in unicode strings?

[Fredrik Lundh]

> so let's change the question into a proposal:
>=20
>     for maximum compatibility with 8-bit strings and SRE,
>     let's change "\x" to mean "binary byte" in unicode string
>     literals too.

I've prepared a small patch.  If nobody objects, I'll check
it in next weekend, or so...

http://sourceforge.net/patch/index.php?func=3Ddetailpatch&patch_id=3D1009=
12&group_id=3D5470

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