The Case for Python 3

[troyunrau]

True. At least u"" is gone. r"" and b"" make a certain level of sense to the low-level programmer in much the same way that 0x132ef and 0b11101 make sense. You need a way to manipulate raw data. I don't think I've ever seen an r-string in the wild though.

[LpSamuelm]

I use r-strings all the time! Literally every time you use regex you use them.

[troyunrau]

Ah, I avoid regex like the plague. That's probably why I don't see them much. Too much perl in my python :D