GNU bug report logs - #3820
23.0.96; Emacs Lisp typo

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: waterloo <waterloo2005 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:50:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: waterloo <waterloo2005 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 3820 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#3820: 23.0.96; Emacs Lisp typo
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:59:43 +0200

waterloo <waterloo2005 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> In 34.3.1.1 Emacs Lisp Reference ,
>      Note that `\' also has special meaning in the read syntax of Lisp
>      strings (*note String Type::), and must be quoted with `\'.  For
>      example, the regular expression that matches the `\' character is
>      `\\'.  To write a Lisp string that contains the characters `\\',
>      Lisp syntax requires you to quote each `\' with another `\'.
>      Therefore, the read syntax for a regular expression matching `\'
>      is `"\\\\"'.
> The last sentence , it should be " .... matching `\\' is `"\\\\"'  ".

No, that string matches only a single backslash when interpreted as a
regexp.

Andreas.

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