[Python-ideas] PEP 8: raw strings & regular expressions

[Serhiy Storchaka]

On 22.10.15 17:04, Yury Selivanov wrote:
> On 2015-10-22 6:14 AM, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
>> Do highlighters highlight formatting strings ("%*.2f" or
>> "{0.addr:0{}x}") specially?
>
> Many highlight old-style formatting.  Less highlight the new-style.
>
> Github, for example, highlights both.

If the fact that not all strings are formatting strings is ignored, you 
are free to ignore the fact that not all raw strings are regular 
expression patterns.