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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | RELNOTES | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | txr.1 | 8 |
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@ 2013-07-13 Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> + Version 67 + + txr.1: Documented line continuation for string literals, + supported since Version 38 but not clarified properly. + + RELNOTES: Updated. + +2013-07-13 Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> + * parser.l: Diagnose unrecognized escape sequences in string literals and quasiliterals and after @\. Support "\ " (backslash space) escape in string literals @@ -11,8 +20,6 @@ 2013-07-12 Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - Version 67 - * txr.c (version): Bumped. * txr.1: Bumped version, set date and documented string-cmp. @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - TXR 66 + TXR 67 2013-07-12 @@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ - New pattern language directive: @(require ...). + Bugs + + - Unrecognized backslash escapes in string literals + and string quasiliterals are diagnosed. + + - Backslash-space escape recognized in string literals + and string quasiliterals. @@ -1089,6 +1089,14 @@ delimiter disappears. To write a literal semicolon immediately after a hex or octal escape, write two semicolons, the first of which will be interpreted as a delimiter. Thus, "\ex21;;" represents "!;". +If the line ends in the middle of a literal, it is an error, unless the +last character is a backslash. This backslash is a special escape which does +not denote a character; rather, it indicates that the string literal continues +on the next line. Leading whitespace in the following line is deleted, and +does not constitute part of the string literal, which allows for indentation. +The escape sequence "\e " (backslash space) can be used to encode a +significant space. + .SS String Quasiliterals Quasiliterals are similar to string literals, except that they may |