#27364: fix "incorrect" uses of escape character in the stdlib.
And most of the tools.
Patch by Emanual Barry, reviewed by me, Serhiy Storchaka, and
Martin Panter.
diff --git a/Tools/unicode/gencodec.py b/Tools/unicode/gencodec.py
index 4c21469..31f0112 100644
--- a/Tools/unicode/gencodec.py
+++ b/Tools/unicode/gencodec.py
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@
# Placeholder for a missing code point
MISSING_CODE = -1
-mapRE = re.compile('((?:0x[0-9a-fA-F]+\+?)+)'
- '\s+'
- '((?:(?:0x[0-9a-fA-Z]+|<[A-Za-z]+>)\+?)*)'
- '\s*'
- '(#.+)?')
+mapRE = re.compile(r'((?:0x[0-9a-fA-F]+\+?)+)'
+ r'\s+'
+ r'((?:(?:0x[0-9a-fA-Z]+|<[A-Za-z]+>)\+?)*)'
+ r'\s*'
+ r'(#.+)?')
def parsecodes(codes, len=len, range=range):