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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"TST: testing not catching bad escape sequences in doc strings","articleBody":"\u003c!--To help us understand and resolve your issue, please fill out the form to the best of your ability.--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--You can feel free to delete the sections that do not apply.--\u003e\r\n\r\n### Bug report\r\n\r\nDoc strings like\r\n\r\n```python\r\n        \"\"\"\r\n        Initialize the artist inspector with an `Artist` or an iterable of\r\n        `Artist`\\s.  If an iterable is used, we assume it is a homogeneous\r\n        sequence (all `Artists` are of the same type) and it is your\r\n        responsibility to make sure this is so.\r\n        \"\"\"\r\n```\r\n\r\nCause `SyntaxError: invalid escape sequence \\s` on my machine.  Somehow they aren't crashing the test suite? \r\n\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jklymak","@type":"Person","name":"jklymak"},"datePublished":"2018-05-29T15:07:44.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":11},"url":"https://github.com/11335/matplotlib/issues/11335"}