bash-2.05a - possible autoconf considerations

[Earnie Boyd]

<quote>
cc. `printf', `echo -e', and the $'...' code now process only two hex
digits
    after a `\x' escape sequence for compatibility with other shells,
and
    the documentation was changed to note that the octal and hex escape
    sequences result in an eight-bit value rather than strict ASCII.
</quote>

The above quote was posted on the Cygwin mailing list by Chet Ramey the
bash maintainer.  IIRC, there was discussion prior to 2.50 release
concerning these.

--
Earnie.



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