bug#6390: Should not regexp-quote quote newline?

[Andreas Schwab]

Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Would it not be more practical if the result was "a\nb"?
>>>>
>>>> That's exactly what you get.
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> "a\\nb"
>>
>> This is a totally different regexp.
>
> ;-)
>
> Depends on how u "read" it.

If you want a print representation then use print.

Andreas.

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