Re: Correct syntax for pathological re.search()

MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote or quoted:

However, regex also uses backslash as an escape character.

  TeX also uses the backslash as an escape character:

\chardef \ = '\

  , the regular expression to search exactly this:

\chardef \\ = '\\

  , and the Python string literal for that regular expression:

"\\chardef \\\\ = '\\\\".

  . Must be a reason Markdown started to use the backtick!