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authorEric V. Smith <eric@trueblade.com>2016-10-31 18:46:26 (GMT)
committerEric V. Smith <eric@trueblade.com>2016-10-31 18:46:26 (GMT)
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Issue 28128: Print out better error/warning messages for invalid string escapes. Backport to 3.6.
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@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ What's New in Python 3.6.0 beta 3
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #28128: Deprecation warning for invalid str and byte escape
+ sequences now prints better information about where the error
+ occurs. Patch by Serhiy Storchaka and Eric Smith.
+
- Issue #28509: dict.update() no longer allocate unnecessary large memory.
- Issue #28426: Fixed potential crash in PyUnicode_AsDecodedObject() in debug