From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 10763 invoked from network); 30 Mar 2021 17:54:57 -0000 Received: from 1ess.inri.net (216.126.196.35) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 30 Mar 2021 17:54:57 -0000 Received: from mimir.eigenstate.org ([206.124.132.107]) by 1ess; Tue Mar 30 13:48:38 -0400 2021 Received: from abbatoir.fios-router.home (pool-108-41-92-79.nycmny.fios.verizon.net [108.41.92.79]) by mimir.eigenstate.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 227fbeb5 (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256:NO) for <9front@9front.org>; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:48:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <013B51194B2915E1C09A2F8B46B4281A@eigenstate.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: 9front@9front.org Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:48:25 -0700 From: ori@eigenstate.org In-Reply-To: <1424E43A-41B2-4C51-8F51-AA4227776840@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: patented stable STM hosting Subject: Re: [9front] rc oddity with quote and backslash Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk Quoth Xiao-Yong Jin : > > 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