bug#3820: 23.0.96; Emacs Lisp typo
Andreas Schwab <[email protected]>
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waterloo <[email protected]> writes: > In 34.3.1.1 Emacs Lisp Reference , > Note that `\' also has special meaning in the read syntax of Lisp > strings (*note String Type::), and must be quoted with `\'. For > example, the regular expression that matches the `\' character is > `\\'. To write a Lisp string that contains the characters `\\', > Lisp syntax requires you to quote each `\' with another `\'. > Therefore, the read syntax for a regular expression matching `\' > is `"\\\\"'. > The last sentence , it should be " .... matching `\\' is `"\\\\"' ". No, that string matches only a single backslash when interpreted as a regexp. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, [email protected] GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."