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Re: [ID 19991118.014] Error producing ^\ (chr 28) with "\c\\"

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From:
Ilya Zakharevich
Date:
November 23, 1999 01:58
Subject:
Re: [ID 19991118.014] Error producing ^\ (chr 28) with "\c\\"
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19991123045837.A18179@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu
On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 05:00:24AM -0500, Philip Newton wrote:
> > So you want it to be parsed left-to-right.  But you want \c\\ to be
> > parsed right-to-left.  Choose one.
> 
> Not quite. I want '\\' to be translated to \ in a previous pass, before
> the \c mechanism sees it. After the '\\' -> \ pass, I want left-to-right.

Then you are advising that "\\nc" and "\cc" should be parsed the same, right?

Ilya
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