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authorSerhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>2016-12-06 17:15:29 (GMT)
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Issue #27030: Unknown escapes in re.sub() replacement template are allowed
again. But they still are deprecated and will be disabled in 3.7.
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@@ -758,7 +758,12 @@ form.
Unmatched groups are replaced with an empty string.
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
- Unknown escapes consisting of ``'\'`` and an ASCII letter now are errors.
+ Unknown escapes in *pattern* consisting of ``'\'`` and an ASCII letter
+ now are errors.
+
+ .. deprecated-removed:: 3.5 3.7
+ Unknown escapes in *repl* consist of ``'\'`` and ASCII letter now raise
+ a deprecation warning and will be forbidden in Python 3.7.
.. function:: subn(pattern, repl, string, count=0, flags=0)