From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matt Armstrong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Interpret #r"..." as a raw string Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:45:40 -0800 Message-ID: References: <20210227.031857.1351840144740816188.conao3@gmail.com> <83pn0mppjd.fsf@gnu.org> <87zgzqz6mu.fsf@db48x.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20210"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: db48x@db48x.net, eliz@gnu.org, conao3@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 02 06:47:24 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lGxsQ-000589-Nl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2021 06:47:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41384 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lGxsP-0000dJ-Pu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:47:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37606) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lGxqy-0008IV-RV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:45:53 -0500 Original-Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.199]:49531) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lGxqw-0003rj-R8; Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:45:52 -0500 X-Originating-IP: 24.113.169.116 Original-Received: from matts-mbp-2016.lan (24-113-169-116.wavecable.com [24.113.169.116]) (Authenticated sender: matt@rfc20.org) by relay9-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 61CD7FF805; Tue, 2 Mar 2021 05:45:42 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.70.183.199; envelope-from=matt@rfc20.org; helo=relay9-d.mail.gandi.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:265805 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > > Is a "raw string" supposed to be a different data type, > > > or is it supposed to be a different syntax for the string type? > > > AFAIK it's usually a different syntax for the same underlying type. > > Thanks. I don't see any problem with that. > > "Raw string" sounds like a different type of string. > I suggest calling it "raw string syntax" for clarity. I have seen it called a "raw string literal" in other languages.