GNU bug report logs - #6283
doc/lispref/searching.texi reference to octal code `0377' correct?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>

Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 17:29:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 6283 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>
Cc: 6283 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6283: doc/lispref/searching.texi reference to octal code
	`0377'	correct?
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 21:10:46 +0300

> Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 13:28:16 -0400
> From: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>
> Cc: 
> 
> In doc/lispref/searching.texi is the following reference to octal code
> `0377' correct?
> 
> ,----
> | You cannot always match all non-@acronym{ASCII} characters with the
> | regular expression @code{"[\200-\377]"}.  This works when searching a
> | unibyte buffer or string (@pxref{Text Representations}), but not in a
> | multibyte buffer or string, because many non-@acronym{ASCII}
> | characters have codes above octal 0377.  {....}
> `---- :FILE doc/lispref/searching.texi  (info "(elisp)Regexp Special")
> 
> Shouldn't that be:
> 
> "characters have codes above octal #o377"

What's the difference between what's written and what you suggest?
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