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: 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.

-- 
David Kastrup
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