python tab符号_如何在python doctest结果字符串中包含特殊字符(tab,newline)？

给出以下python脚本：

# dedupe.py

import re

def dedupe_whitespace(s,spacechars='\t '):

"""Merge repeated whitespace characters.

Example:

>>> dedupe_whitespace(r"Green\t\tGround") # doctest: +REPORT_NDIFF

'Green\tGround'

"""

for w in spacechars:

s = re.sub(r"("+w+"+)", w, s)

return s

该函数的工作原理在python解释器中：

$ python

>>> import dedupe

>>> dedupe.dedupe_whitespace('Purple\t\tHaze')

'Purple\tHaze'

>>> print dedupe.dedupe_whitespace('Blue\t\tSky')

Blue Sky

但是，doctest示例失败，因为在与结果字符串进行比较之前，将标签字符转换为空格：

>>> import doctest, dedupe

>>> doctest.testmod(dedupe)

给

Failed example:

dedupe_whitespace(r"Green Ground") #doctest: +REPORT_NDIFF

Differences (ndiff with -expected +actual):

- 'Green Ground'

? -

+ 'Green Ground'

如何在doctest heredoc字符串中编码制表符，以便适当地执行测试结果比较？