[ python-Bugs-1707607 ] raw text can't end with backslash

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Bugs item #1707607, was opened at 2007-04-25 18:04
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: lomm (korka)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: raw text can't end with backslash

Initial Comment:
somehow the interpreter thinks it's an escape for the last quote

print r'abc\'

  File "<stdin>", line 1
    print 'abc\'
               ^
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string



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