Triple quoted repr

[Edward C. Jones]

On 2003-09-04, Rasmus Fogh said:

 > I need a way of writing strings or arbitrary Python code that will
 >
 > a) allow the strings to be read again unchanged (like repr)
 > b) write multiline strings as multiline strings instead of escaping
 > the \n's.
 >
 > A repr function that output triple-quoted strings with explicit
 > (non-escaped) linebreaks would be perfect.
 >
 > Failing that, what is the simplest way to get close to the goal?

There were no responses. Anyone have an answer?