bug#4848: 23.1.50; \u and \x in string
Richard Stallman <[email protected]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:57:07 -0500
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> Why shouldn't \ue1 work?
Because the \u format is \uNNNN with exactly 4 hex digits.
In other words, "it doesn't work because we decided it should't work".
But why should't it work? Why shouldn't two digits be allowed?
Is there a good reason not to allow that?