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Re: [PATCH] Unicode Lisp reader escapes
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Unicode Lisp reader escapes |
Date: |
Tue, 02 May 2006 00:45:34 -0400 |
> One other question occurs to me. In the Unicode branch,
> doesn't \x do this job? If so, \u would be redundant once we
> merge in that code. It would have no lasting purpose.
There would still be a conceptual difference. \x refers to the
internal representation of a character in Emacs, while \u refers to an
abstract character.
If \xabcd and \uabcd will forever be equivalent, I don't see
much benefit in having syntax to indicate the conceptual difference.