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From: ori@eigenstate.org
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: Re: [9front] rc oddity with quote and backslash
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:48:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <013B51194B2915E1C09A2F8B46B4281A@eigenstate.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1424E43A-41B2-4C51-8F51-AA4227776840@gmail.com>

Quoth Xiao-Yong Jin <meta.jxy@gmail.com>:
> 
> The sequence of quote-backslash-newline somehow is not interpreted as quote-blank, but a syntax error.  I don't think it's documented anywhere.
> 

It's definitely surprising -- but it's
not a syntax error. The '\' is part of
the quoted token.

	% echo 'a'\
	a\
	% echo ''\
	\
	% echo abc\def
	abc\def





      parent reply	other threads:[~2021-03-30 17:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-30 15:41 Xiao-Yong Jin
2021-03-30 15:55 ` Mark van Atten
2021-03-30 16:48 ` ori [this message]

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