Backslash frowned upon?

[castironpi at gmail.com]

On May 13, 5:54 am, Paul Melis <p... at science.uva.nl> wrote:
> wxPytho... at gmail.com wrote:
> > Why is the  \  backslash character frowned upon? Can I still use it in
> > Python 3.0 to achieve the same thing it was designed to do?
>
> Yes, it's still valid to use in a script.
>
> Seehttp://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/whatsnew/3.0.htmlfor the big changes
> coming with 3.0
>
> Paul

I have just discovered the escape key.  Do you honor it?