Use r""" instead of """ for the docstring so that backslashes are preserved.

diff --git a/Lib/os.py b/Lib/os.py
index 84722af98623c5ee3f5cf3e1c26ffb63a3c828b2..d6ebf4b78f92caf11691962b31205c3560d80c53 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/os.py
+++ b/Lib/os.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""OS routines for Mac, DOS, NT, or Posix depending on what system we're on.
+r"""OS routines for Mac, DOS, NT, or Posix depending on what system we're on.
 
 This exports:
   - all functions from posix, nt, dos, os2, mac, or ce, e.g. unlink, stat, etc.