On 2018-07-03 14:06, Mikhail V wrote: > Greg wrote: > >> Mikhail V wrote: >>> s= "\"s\"" -> >>> s= {"s"} >> >> But now you need to find another way to represent set literals. > > > I need to find? That comment was not about (current) Python but > rather how I think string should have been from the beginning. > > So you already like it and want in Python ? :-) > Fitting it into current Python would need some prefix e.g. > > s = !{hello}
Nothing new under the sun. Our old frenemy Perl has q{abc""} == "abc\"\"" q`{}` == "{}" Perl's sexy Japanese alter-ego Ruby has %Q{}, %q{}. I'm sure there are more. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list