Re: Minor typo in error message

> In Lua 5.5 when you try to use string with invalid
> escape sequence -- error message lacks closing quote.
>=20
> For example let's try invalid escape code "\c":
>=20
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> =C2=A0 > '\c'
> =C2=A0 stdin:1: invalid escape sequence near ''\c'
>=20
> I believe it should end on "''\c''".

The closing quote is not part of the invalid escape sequence, why it
must be in the error message?  Note that the closing quote can be
quite far away, or it may not even exist:

  > '\caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
  stdin:1: invalid escape sequence near ''\c'
  > '\caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  stdin:1: invalid escape sequence near ''\c'

Lua stops reading as soon as it finds an error.

-- Roberto

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