On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 12:54:53PM -0700, Paul Prescod wrote:
> > No need for double backslash. No need for a special string prefix either
> > because \( currently has no meaning.
>
> I like this idea but note that \( does have a current meaning:
>
> >>> "\("
> '\\('
> >>> "\(" =="\\("
> 1
"""Unlike Standard C, all unrecognized escape sequences are left in the
string unchanged, i.e., the backslash is left in the string. (This behavior
is useful when debugging: if an escape sequence is mistyped, the resulting
output is more easily recognized as broken.) """
In other words, programs that rely on this beaviour are broken.
Oren
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