#27364: fix "incorrect" uses of escape character in the stdlib.

And most of the tools.

Patch by Emanual Barry, reviewed by me, Serhiy Storchaka, and
Martin Panter.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Tools/clinic/clinic.py b/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
index f583fc5..afd1a5f 100755
--- a/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
+++ b/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ def OverrideStdioWith(stdout):
 
 def create_regex(before, after, word=True, whole_line=True):
     """Create an re object for matching marker lines."""
-    group_re = "\w+" if word else ".+"
+    group_re = r"\w+" if word else ".+"
     pattern = r'{}({}){}'
     if whole_line:
         pattern = '^' + pattern + '$'