backslashes not required on windows

[anonymous]

apache installation manual says
If you’re using Windows, remember that the path will contain backslashes. This string is passed through Python’s string parser twice, so you need to escape each backslash twice:

PythonPath "c:\\\\path\\\\to\\\\project + sys.path"

Or, use raw strings:

PythonPath "[r'c:
path
to
project'] + sys.path"

but forward slashes work just fine here on windows and is less confusing than

, just remind them that forward slashes are preferred and to not try to figure out the

pattern.

[Chris Beaven]

Assuming that the string is parsed twice, you should be double-escaping your path. It may just be coincidence that you haven't caused an error because you aren't using escapable characters.

For example, c:\path\here would be fine, but c:\path\to\here wouldn't be.

>>> 'c:\path\here'
'c:\\path\\here'
>>> 'c:\path\to\here'
'c:\\path\to\\here'

[John Shaffer <jshaffer2112@…>]

Replying to SmileyChris:

The reporter is recommending forward slashes, not unescaped backslashes.

[Chris Beaven]

John, so they are. I'll promote do Design Decision

[Adam Vandenberg]

Forward slashes are expected on Windows for Apache's built-in directives, so it makes sense to recommend them here as well.

[Chris Beaven]

Elsewhere (settings) we recommend using forward slashes, so I guess we should do that everywhere. Simple is good.

[Malcolm Tredinnick]

(In [6536]) Fixed #4854 -- Recommended the use of forward slashes even in Windows configuration, to avoid having to worry about double-escaping issues. Based on a patch from adamv.