Using dictionary keys with embedded '.'

[Larz60+]

How to use wierd dictionary keys like "0-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-0" (This is not one of mine)
do all the special charatcers have to be escaped?

[Ofnuts]

No, a dictionary key can be any string... You don't need to escape anything, beyond what is needed for string literals, if your key names are in your source code.

[Larz60+]

Thanks

[nilamo]

Yes, special characters would need to be escaped.  But none of those are special characters :p

>>> items = {"\n": "i'm a value!", "can't \"quote\" me!": "...oh"}
>>> items
{'\n': "i'm a value!", 'can\'t "quote" me!': '...oh'}

...I guess our syntax highlighter can't quite handle nested strings.