[issue29104] Left bracket remains in format string result when '\' preceeds it

[Eric V. Smith]

Eric V. Smith added the comment:

I'm not sure this counts as an error. The backslash means to treat the next character literally, which this does. And since \{ is not a valid escape sequence, it keeps both characters, exactly like:

>>> '\c'
'\\c'

Furthermore, since unknown escape sequences are deprecated, this usage is going to be an error in the future. You can see this now with -Werror:

$ python.exe  -Werror
Python 3.6.0b1+ (3.6:87de1f12c41c+, Sep 16 2016, 07:05:57) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> f'\{10}'
DeprecationWarning: invalid escape sequence '\{'
>>> '\c'
DeprecationWarning: invalid escape sequence '\c'
>>>

Since this works as I expect it to now, and since it will become an error in the future, I don't think any change is warranted.

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assignee:  -> eric.smith

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