commit: Document the error on over-long hex character constants.

changeset: 4486:f9104f0e9b91b9f7ddc23c53ec8a98c625ad992b user: Aidan Kehoe <kehoea(a)parhasard.net&gt; date: Sat Jul 26 11:46:13 2008 +0200 files: man/ChangeLog man/lispref/objects.texi description: Document the error on over-long hex character constants. 2008-07-26 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea(a)parhasard.net&gt; * lispref/objects.texi (Character Type): Document the error provoked when the reader sees an over-long hexadecimal constant. diff -r 57db42ba54fb4387126a494cd4c4e9d59ab85513 -r f9104f0e9b91b9f7ddc23c53ec8a98c625ad992b man/ChangeLog --- a/man/ChangeLog Sat Jul 26 11:33:24 2008 +0200 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Sat Jul 26 11:46:13 2008 +0200 ＠＠ -1,3 +1,9 ＠＠ 2008-07-26 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea＠parhasa +2008-07-26 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea(a)parhasard.net&gt; + + * lispref/objects.texi (Character Type): + Document the error provoked when the reader sees an over-long + hexadecimal constant. + 2008-07-26 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea(a)parhasard.net&gt; * lispref/variables.texi (Extent): diff -r 57db42ba54fb4387126a494cd4c4e9d59ab85513 -r f9104f0e9b91b9f7ddc23c53ec8a98c625ad992b man/lispref/objects.texi --- a/man/lispref/objects.texi Sat Jul 26 11:33:24 2008 +0200 +++ b/man/lispref/objects.texi Sat Jul 26 11:46:13 2008 +0200 ＠＠ -647,17 +647,16 ＠＠ followed by a backslash and the characte followed by a backslash and the character code in octal (up to three octal digits); thus, ＠samp{?\101} for the character ＠kbd{A}, ＠samp{?\001} for the character ＠kbd{C-a}, and ＠code{?\002} for the -character ＠kbd{C-b}. +character ＠kbd{C-b}. The reader will finalize the character and start +reading the next token when a non-octal-digit is encountered or three +octal digits are read. The second consists of a question mark followed by a backslash, the character ＠samp{x}, and the character code in hexadecimal (up to two hexadecimal digits); thus, ＠samp{?\x41} for the character ＠kbd{A}, ＠samp{?\x1} for the character ＠kbd{C-a}, and ＠code{?\x2} for the -character ＠kbd{C-b}. - -In both cases, the reader will finalize the character when a non-digit -is encountered or the maximum length of a character code is reached. It -then starts reading the next token. +character ＠kbd{C-b}. If more than two hexadecimal codes are given, the +reader signals an error. ＠example ＠group _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Patches mailing list XEmacs-Patches(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-patches