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

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From:
Philip Newton
Date:
November 28, 1999 23:59
Subject:
Re: [ID 19991118.014] Error producing ^\ (chr 28) with "\c\\"
Message ID:
Pine.LNX.4.04.9911290343290.32707-100000@ficus.frogspace.net
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Ilya Zakharevich wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 07:26:36AM -0500, Philip Newton wrote:
> > However, I still believe that handling of \c\\
> > should be changed to produce ctrl-\ instead of ctrl-\, \.
> 
> This will break compatibility with
> 
>    $x = 'whatever';
>    /$x/;

I do not understand. Please provide a concrete example.

Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <newton@newton.digitalspace.net>
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