System escape interpreted in multi-line string

[lebigot]

The system escape is interpreted, in multiline strings (IPython version 0.10):

In [1]: '''
   ...: !3
   ...: '''
Out[1]: '\n_ip.system("3")\n'

Isn't this incorrect?

[takluyver]

Yes, that's incorrect. It should be fixed in 0.11, which we're aiming to release soon, but since it's a fairly unusual bug to hit, and relatively easy to work around, it's probably not going to get fixed in 0.10.

[lebigot]

Thanks for the feedback!

[takluyver]

You're welcome. I'm going to close this, because I can't replicate it on 0.11, and I can't imagine it getting fixed in 0.10. Let us know if it's a problem in 0.11.