GNU bug report logs - #13644
String read syntax should allow "\(" to mean "("

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Package: guile;

Reported by: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 09:15:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#13644: closed (Re: bug#13644: String read syntax should allow
 "\(" to mean "(")
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 01:07:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#13644: String read syntax should allow "\(" to mean "("

which was filed against the guile package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 13644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 13644-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13644: String read syntax should allow "\(" to mean "("
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:05:53 -0400

I went ahead and pushed this to stable-2.0, commit
5af307de43e4b65eec7f235b48a8908f2a00f134.  It'll be in Guile 2.0.12.
I'm closing this ticket.

     Thanks,
       Mark


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From: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-guile <at> gnu.org
Subject: String read syntax should allow "\(" to mean "("
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:12:36 +0100

Rationale: GUILE already supports a number of escapes not defined in the
Scheme standard.  Emacs Lisp modes and derivative modes treat opening
parens in the first column of a file specially, resynchronizing function
boundaries.  The respective manual entry states:

<URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Left-Margin-Paren.html>

Being able to escape opening parens makes it possible to write
Emacs-friendly Guile code.

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David Kastrup
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