From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4848: 23.1.50; \u and \x in string Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:48:04 -0500 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 4848@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1257390459 20351 80.91.229.12 (5 Nov 2009 03:07:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 03:07:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4848@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 05 04:07:31 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N5sh9-0001Vt-LW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:07:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44624 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N5sh9-0000hE-1X for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:07:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N5sh3-0000ex-Cb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:07:25 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N5sgy-0000ce-9R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:07:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59812 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N5sgy-0000cT-02 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:07:20 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:40551) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N5sgx-0006JS-Bu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:07:19 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nA537GwN009019; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:07:16 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nA52t9Zf007034; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:55:09 -0800 Resent-Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:55:09 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:55:09 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4848 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4848-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4848.12573892916340 (code B ref 4848); Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:55:09 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4848) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 5 Nov 2009 02:48:11 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.183]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nA52mAxg006336 for <4848@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:48:11 -0800 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AkIFAOrL8UpMCqIP/2dsb2JhbACBTtxThD0EiHc X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,683,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="48721781" Original-Received: from 76-10-162-15.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.162.15]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 04 Nov 2009 21:48:04 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 963AF9941; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:48:04 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:57:07 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:07:24 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:32420 Archived-At: >> Why shouldn't \ue1 work? > Because the \u format is \uNNNN with exactly 4 hex digits. > In other words, "it doesn't work because we decided it should't work". > But why should't it work? Why shouldn't two digits be allowed? > Is there a good reason not to allow that? I think the \u format is taken from C and it doesn't have an "end" like our \x format has. So for example "\u11111" means (concat "\u1111" "1"). Stefan