[COMMIT] Document how one can include a trailing backslash in a raw string
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2007-11-14 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea(a)parhasard.net>
* lispref/objects.texi (String Type):
Describe how one can include a trailing backslash in a raw string,
by means of the Unicode escape syntax.
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Files affected: man/lispref/objects.texi
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--- man/lispref/objects.texi 2006/08/04 22:55:10 1.9
+++ man/lispref/objects.texi 2007/11/14 18:17:54
＠＠ -1084,10 +1084,13 ＠＠
a string, each character following a backslash is included literally in
the string, and all backslashes are left in the string. This means that
＠code{#r"\""} is a valid string literal with two characters, a backslash
and a
-double-quote. It also means that a string with this syntax ＠emph{cannot end
-in a single backslash}. As with Python, from where this syntax was
+double-quote. It also means that a string with this syntax cannot end
+in a single backslash. As with Python, from where this syntax was
taken, you can specify ＠code{u} or ＠code{U} after the ＠code{#r} to
-specify that interpretation of Unicode escapes should be done.
+specify that interpretation of Unicode escapes should be
+done---＠pxref{Character Type}---and if you use ＠code{#ru} for your raw
+strings, the restriction on the trailing backslash can be worked around
+like so: ＠code{#ru"Backslash: \u005C"}.
The newline character is not special in the read syntax for strings;
if you write a new line between the double-quotes, it becomes a
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