Re: Unrecognized \ sequences and Elisp

[Paul Jarc]

Neil Jerram <address@hidden> wrote:
> The recent change to signal an error for "unrecognized" \ sequences
> has negatively affected the Elisp translator, because Elisp code often
> uses "\(" in doc strings.  (I think this is when the "(" would
> otherwise be in column 0, to avoid Emacs thinking that it is the start
> of a new defun.)

Would it work to change the Emacs docstrings to look like this?
"foo...\
\n(bar...)"

> Is it reasonable to again allow "\(" as a special case

That would avoid the need to edit the Emacs sources, though it's a bit
ugly.  I guess the Right Way would be to fix Emacs so it doesn't get
confused by parentheses inside strings.


paul