From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: waterloo <waterloo2005@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, 3820@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#3820: 23.0.96; Emacs Lisp typo
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:59:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ocrrl6io.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <907065090907110341k26ce5e6dk46e7ebcdb4bb9b99@mail.gmail.com> (waterloo's message of "Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:41:54 +0800")
waterloo <waterloo2005@gmail.com> writes:
> In 34.3.1.1 Emacs Lisp Reference ,
> Note that `\' also has special meaning in the read syntax of Lisp
> strings (*note String Type::), and must be quoted with `\'. For
> example, the regular expression that matches the `\' character is
> `\\'. To write a Lisp string that contains the characters `\\',
> Lisp syntax requires you to quote each `\' with another `\'.
> Therefore, the read syntax for a regular expression matching `\'
> is `"\\\\"'.
> The last sentence , it should be " .... matching `\\' is `"\\\\"' ".
No, that string matches only a single backslash when interpreted as a
regexp.
Andreas.
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2009-07-11 10:41 bug#3820: 23.0.96; Emacs Lisp typo waterloo
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