Language.Python.Common.StringEscape

Conversion to/from escaped characters in strings. Note: currently does not support escaped Unicode character names.

See:

• Version 2.6 http://www.python.org/doc/2.6/reference/lexical_analysis.html#string-literals
• Version 3.1 http://www.python.org/doc/3.1/reference/lexical_analysis.html#string-and-bytes-literals

String conversion.

unescapeString :: String -> String

Convert escaped sequences of characters into real characters in a normal Python string.

unescapeRawString :: String -> String

Convert escaped sequences of characters into real characters in a raw Python string. Note: despite their name, Python raw strings do allow a small set of character escapings, namely the single and double quote characters and the line continuation marker.

Digits allowed in octal and hex representation.

octalDigits :: String

hexDigits :: String