python raw string help

[deanhystad]

All str objects are raw. Only string literals are not raw. A string command line argument is raw.

import sys
print("Literal")
print("C:\\name\things\really\badly.txt")
print("\nCommand Line")
print(sys.argv[1])

Output:
>>> python test.py "C:\\name\things\really\badly.txt"
Literal
ealladly.txts

Command Line
C:\\name\things\really\badly.txt

No escape sequence substitution because the command line argument is not a Python str literal.

Can you demonstrate why you think you need this: Path(r{source_path})