Is #r"..." convenient enough? If I have a string with lots of double quotes, I still have to escape every duoble quote. Maybe better to change to #r"..."r#, or even #r<<<<"...">>>>r# (user can insert any number of < and > but they must be paired to avoid the escape.) I'm with raw string reader syntax because I often want my program be self-documenting, so I write a lot in docstring. BTW, Naoya, have you test raw string syntax in propertized string? e.g. #(#r"foo bar" ....) -- Retrieve my PGP public key: gpg --recv-keys D47A9C8B2AE3905B563D9135BE42B352A9F6821F Zihao