From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: Daniel Colascione <dan.colascione@gmail.com>, 7006@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7006: Reader oddity after ?\^ --- should signal error if invalid instead of being garbage
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:16:59 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvtyalzmdn.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3hb6p6k3y.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:57:05 +0200")
>> ?\^ is supposed to be the prefix for a control character --- for
>> example, ?\^g. However, the character following the ^ can be a
>> non-existent control character like ' ' or ')'. Currently, the reader
>> outputs a nonsense value in this case. Instead, the reader ought to
>> signal an error.
It's not "nonsense".
> ?\^9
> => 67108921
> That seems awfully confusing.
> (format "%x" 67108921)
> => "4000039"
> Does anybody know whether this a feature or a bug?
It's a feature. The ?<something> syntax can be used for more than
chars: it can be used for any char and any combination of modifiers
(such as the control modifier above), where the modifiers are stored in
the upper bits of the number.
An exception is made for those few chars whose combination which control
exists in ASCII, where the ?\C-<char> is then represented by the
corresponding ASCII char rather than use the "control" modifier bit.
Stefan
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-17 2:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-09 21:25 bug#7006: Reader oddity after ?\^ --- should signal error if invalid instead of being garbage Daniel Colascione
2010-09-10 2:51 ` MON KEY
2011-07-14 13:57 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-14 14:50 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-07-17 2:16 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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