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[3.12] gh-122701: Fix wording of raw strings/bytes in lexical_analysis.rst (GH-122702) #122915

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Expand Up @@ -503,11 +503,10 @@ must be expressed with escapes.
single: r"; raw string literal

Both string and bytes literals may optionally be prefixed with a letter ``'r'``
or ``'R'``; such strings are called :dfn:`raw strings` and treat backslashes as
literal characters. As a result, in string literals, ``'\U'`` and ``'\u'``
escapes in raw strings are not treated specially. Given that Python 2.x's raw
unicode literals behave differently than Python 3.x's the ``'ur'`` syntax
is not supported.
or ``'R'``; such constructs are called :dfn:`raw string literals`
and :dfn:`raw bytes literals` respectively and treat backslashes as
literal characters. As a result, in raw string literals, ``'\U'`` and ``'\u'``
escapes are not treated specially.

.. versionadded:: 3.3
The ``'rb'`` prefix of raw bytes literals has been added as a synonym
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