> But there is some ambiguity due to the the fact that applying '\7' to > rawform() yields r'\a' and not r'\7'. So one needs more specification > for disambiguation using e.g. an extra parameter. > >>> '\a'=='\7' True
The two are actually the same thing, so how could a function decide whether to return '\\a' or '\\7'. It's like asking the following: >>> c = 04 >>> print rawform(c) 04 >>> c = 4 >>> print rawform(c) 4 which is obviously not possible, neither of any use imho. Leonhard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
