Typically, backslashes are seen only as part of escape sequences. Therefore, the use of a backslash outside of a raw string or escape sequence looks suspiciously like a broken escape sequence. Characters recognized as escape-able are: ``++abfnrtvox\'"++`` == Noncompliant Code Example [source,python] ---- s = "Hello \world." t = "Nice to \ meet you" u = "Let's have \ lunch" ---- == Compliant Solution [source,python] ---- s = "Hello world." t = "Nice to \\ meet you" u = r"Let's have \ lunch" // raw string ---- ifdef::env-github,rspecator-view[] ''' == Implementation Specification (visible only on this page) include::message.adoc[] ''' == Comments And Links (visible only on this page) include::comments-and-links.adoc[] endif::env-github,rspecator-view[]