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Ticket 67: string escapes

2012-10-05 05:22:21
WG1 - Reader Syntax
alexshinn
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2010-05-23 09:16:35
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R6RS provides character escapes in symbols of the form \xnnnn;, where nnnn is 1-5 hex digits, as well as \n, \t etc. C-like escapes for common control characters. Do we accept either or both of these extensions?

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The WG voted to accept both features.

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Use the escapes decided in #104.

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Note: this is about strings, not symbols.