Possible to include \n chars in doctest code samples or output?

[Thomas Jollans]

On 07/16/2010 07:26 AM, python at bdurham.com wrote:
> Thomas,
> 
>> Recall that doctest doesn't parse the code, it extracts the docstrings. And docstrings are just strings, and are parsed like strings.
> 
> I understand what you're saying, but I'm struggling with how to
> represent the following strings in doctest code and doctest results. No
> matter what combination of backslashes or raw strings I use, I am unable
> to find a way to code the following.
> 
>>>> encode( '", \, \t, \n' )
> '\", \\, \\t, \\n'

Does either of these docstrings work:

def encode(s):
    """description

    >>> encode( '", \\, \\t, \\n' )
    '\\", \\\\, \\\\t, \\\\n'
    """
    ...

def encode(s):
    r"""description

    >>> encode( '", \, \t, \n' )
    '\", \\, \\t, \\n'
    """
    ...