New submission from Russ Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
import re
print re.escape("_")
Prints \_ but should be _.
This behavior differs from Perl and other systems: _ is an identifier
character and as such does not need to be escaped.
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messages: 65585
nosy: rsc
severity: normal
status: open
title: re.escape should not escape underscore
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.5
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