Re: String syntax changed?

[Keith Wright]

> From: address@hidden (Paul Jarc)
> 
> Roland Orre <address@hidden> wrote:
> >     (begin (display "$\\scriptstyle{P(A\|D)}$") (newline))
> ...
> > ERROR: #<unknown port>:1:38: illegal character in escape sequence: #\|
> > ABORT: (read-error)
> 
> 1.7 is more strict than 1.6 about unrecognized escaped characters.
> 
> I don't think it was ever documented that unnecessary backslashes were
> allowed.

...which is good, because if you let people throw extra
backshlashes just anywhere you lose the possibilty of making
extensions.  Maybe someday "\|... will mean something not
yet invented.  For now an error message is the Right Thing.

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