From: nalaginrut <nalaginrut@gmail.com>
To: Daniel Hartwig <mandyke@gmail.com>
Cc: 13008@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13008: Invalid oct number convertion in string
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:58:51 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1354082331.11146.31.camel@Renee-desktop.suse> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN3veRfQ8=4Zy=Bxed6j3hE4i6sb_wj9wjsApS2RZDFvxRV3qA@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 11:34 +0800, Daniel Hartwig wrote:
> On 28 November 2012 10:32, nalaginrut <nalaginrut@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > scheme@(guile-user)> (format #t "\033[32;31mhello\033[5m")
> >>
> >> Here, \0 is taken to mean #\nul, and then there are two #\3.
> >>
> >> IOW, there is no such syntax for octal escapes (info "(guile) String
> >> Syntax").
> >>
> >> What made you think otherwise?
> >>
>
> > Now my question is, should we have octal-escapes? Is is impossible or
> > not implemented yet?
>
> You can use two or four digit hex codes, “\xHH” and “\uHHHH”. Is it
> useful to support octal on top of that?
Yes, I can use hex instead.
But, why we couldn't provide octal? Or it needs to be done?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-28 5:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-27 10:41 bug#13008: Invalid oct number convertion in string nalaginrut
2012-11-27 22:44 ` Ludovic Courtès
2012-11-28 2:32 ` nalaginrut
2012-11-28 3:34 ` Daniel Hartwig
2012-11-28 5:58 ` nalaginrut [this message]
2012-11-28 13:41 ` Ludovic Courtès
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