New unittest checks noticed missing backslashes.
 CNF_FIELD_OPTIONAL  = set ([ "parent", "children", "comment", "number" ])
 CNF_FIELD_KNOWN     = CNF_FIELD_MANDATORY | CNF_FIELD_OPTIONAL
 
-grab_parent_pattern = re.compile(b"""
+grab_parent_pattern = re.compile(rb"""
                                     ^            # match from start
                                     \s*          # optional spaces
                                     \d+          # line number
                                  """,
                                  re.VERBOSE)
 
-base_line_pattern = re.compile(b"""
+base_line_pattern = re.compile(rb"""
                                     ^                    # match from start
                                     \s*                  # optional spaces
                                     (\d+)                # line number
                                """,
                                re.VERBOSE)
 
-child_line_pattern = re.compile(b"""
+child_line_pattern = re.compile(rb"""
                                      ^                    # match from start
                                      \s*                  # optional spaces
                                      (\d+)                # line number
 
 8    (1) EMAILFILTER_BAN_FILTERLIST_PREDEFINED_ID,0: "1"
 """
 
-demo_cnf_escaped_quotes = """
+demo_cnf_escaped_quotes = r"""
 1 HERE_BE_QUOTES,0: "\""
 2 HERE_BE_QUOTES,1: "foo\"bar\"\"\"baz"
 3 HERE_BE_QUOTES,2: "unquo\\\"table"