raw strings and \

[plahey at alumni.caltech.edu]

Hi Steven,

thanks for the reply.  I was/am aware that raw strings are mainly used
for regular expressions (and franky that was I usually use them for).
I was not aware that they still have "special powers" in raw strings
(thanks for the link!).

This one bit me when I was doing some quick and dirty hacking and a 5
minute task ended up being a much longer adventure becuase of this
(Note to self:  don't post when annoyed).