python display with '\\' when prints with key-value in dictionary

[deanhystad]

The value in the dictionary is '\python'. Anything that uses the value will get '\python'. It is only the annoying print(dict) that calls __repr__ instead of __str__ where we see '\\python', and that is just an artifact of using __repr__ instead of __str__ to get a string to print. I would not worry about passing the dictionary to other modules. You aren't printing the dictionary to get access to the keys and values, are you?