Why can't Python's raw string literals end with a single backslash?

Question

Technically, any odd number of backslashes, as described in the documentation.

>>> r\'\\\'
  File \"\", line 1
    r\'\\\'
       ^
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Answer 1

In order for you to end a raw string with a slash I suggest you can use this trick:

>>> print r"c:\test"'\\'
test\