Re: [PATCH] Unicode Lisp reader escapes

[Miles Bader]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
> 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 ?

That might be sufficient for programmatic output, but anything involving
a significant space seems problematic in general...

-Miles
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