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bug#13008: Invalid oct number convertion in string
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Daniel Hartwig |
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Subject: |
bug#13008: Invalid oct number convertion in string |
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Date: |
Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:34:25 +0800 |
On 28 November 2012 10:32, nalaginrut <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > scheme@(guile-user)> (format #t "\033[32;31mhello\033[5m")
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>> Here, \0 is taken to mean #\nul, and then there are two #\3.
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>> IOW, there is no such syntax for octal escapes (info "(guile) String
>> Syntax").
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>> What made you think otherwise?
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> Now my question is, should we have octal-escapes? Is is impossible or
> not implemented yet?
You can use two or four digit hex codes, “\xHH” and “\uHHHH”. Is it
useful to support octal on top of that?