Eric V. Smith <[email protected]> added the comment:
The existing behavior is what I'd expect.
Using python3:
>>> import ast
>>> s = open('file.py', 'rb').read()
>>> s
b'"""\nHello \\n blah.\n"""\n'
>>> ast.dump(ast.parse(s))
"Module(body=[Expr(value=Str(s='\\nHello \\n blah.\\n'))])"
>>> eval(s)
'\nHello \n blah.\n'
As always with the AST, some information is lost. It's not designed to be able
to round-trip back to the source text.
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nosy: +eric.smith
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