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Printed Page 72
1st para in Function & Methods

strings are described as being mutable, but they are immutable.

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 96
The (single) backslash entry of Table 18. Regular expression pattern syntax

The second example given for representing a single backslash using raw strings would
actually generate two backslashes (ie r'\'). Of course, using raw strings to protect
the blackslash is still a valid point.

As an aside, I don't think it is even possible to represent a single backslash using
raw strings.

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 119
1st paragraph, 3rd line down, 2 word in

'gadly' I think should be 'Gadfly'.

 Anonymous