Suresh Kalkunte <sskalku...@gmail.com> added the comment:

If the defect was with the script, the failure to bypass the '\' notation would 
have to be true on Redhat Linux. Since build.conf with '\' notation gets parsed 
without errors on Redhat Linux, I am under the impression the parsing performed 
by Python on Win32 recognizes '\' as a legitimate file token resulting in the 
script to fail.

In summary, I view semantics of '\' being different in Win32 vs. Linux as an 
inconsistency and hence thought it to be a possible defect in Python. However, 
if Python scripts do not guarantee platform independence, i.e, one's scripts 
need to be cognizant of platform idiosyncrasy, then, I believe it is not a bug 
in Python.

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status: pending -> open

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