Re: [PATCH] Unicode Lisp reader escapes

[Stefan Monnier]

>> I find _that_ distinctly ugly, but more of a problem with it than the
>> aesthetics is that it’s unfamiliar to everyone, Lisp people and Java people
>> alike.

> How about supporting  both the "standard" syntax ("\u0123")
> and a flexible-length syntax like "\u{123}" (I seem to recall this
> a syntax like this being discussed on this list)?

Currently The syntax for \xNNNN hexadeciaml escapes is that it ends whenever
reaching a non-hexadecimal char, and if you need your \xNNN escape to be
followed by an hexidecimal char, then you have to seprate the two with "\ "
(and the Lisp printer does that automatically, of course).
Is there a strong reason not do use the same rule for \u ?


        Stefan