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Ticket 104: list of mnemonic string escapes

2011-01-24 07:05:21
WG1 - Reader Syntax
alexshinn
major
alexshinn
fixed
source
closed
2010-11-30 12:52:20
defect

Similar to #84, we need to choose a specific list of mnemonic escapes like \n and \t to be recognized in strings.

cowan
2011-01-24 07:05:21
resolution␣fixed
statusnewclosed

WG1 decided to accept Alex Shinn's list: space, tab, newline, return, escape, null, alarm, backspace.