[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib warnings.py,1.19,1.20

[Guido van Rossum]

> Of course, my favorite way of dealing with this is to use single
> quotes around the argument rather than backslashes; that works fine in
> sh-syntax shells, and doesn't require doubling-up backslashes.

Agreed, but you're still using two levels of quoting, and with
anything less, "foo.bar" will also match a module named "foolbar".

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)