Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tagline robustness

[Jan Hudec]

On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 11:28:36AM -0400, Miles Bader wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 10:09:00AM -0400, Douglas Philips wrote:
> > Actually, that tla is written in C shouldn't necessarily overly 
> > influence its external appearance. I'm working on projects using other 
> > languages, so C-centricity is a turn off.
> 
> That would be `C-centricity' -- in cases where it needs a syntax, there needs
> to be _some_ choice made, and C's string escaping syntax is certainly one of
> the most common (and often adopted by other languages), so why not choose 
> that?
> 
> Anyway I see no reason why it needs any escapes except for \".

Anyway I see no reason why it needs any escapes. What would it help
for to have " in that string? The string is there to serve as a unique
identifier. It can serve that purpose with few characters forbiden.

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