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bug#3820: 23.0.96; Emacs Lisp typo
From: |
Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
bug#3820: 23.0.96; Emacs Lisp typo |
Date: |
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:59:43 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.96 (gnu/linux) |
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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