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author | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2011-01-21 09:21:15 +0100 |
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committer | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2011-01-21 09:24:36 +0100 |
commit | c869f0c15712830d232513a462c6f66446ca9a71 (patch) | |
tree | 7c948d2396e2d4042c12c5d7ade9ef9b4a9688fb /doc/ref/api-data.texi | |
parent | 684d664e39dad02f7a44f1c70a753a02d4d1856c (diff) | |
download | guile-c869f0c15712830d232513a462c6f66446ca9a71.tar.gz |
document hungry-eol-escapes
* doc/ref/api-data.texi (String Syntax): Document hungry-eol-escapes.
* doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi (Scheme Read):
* doc/ref/api-options.texi (Runtime Options): Update read-options 'help
output.
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diff --git a/doc/ref/api-data.texi b/doc/ref/api-data.texi index 2c990f9c2..659dc5c0b 100755 --- a/doc/ref/api-data.texi +++ b/doc/ref/api-data.texi @@ -2671,6 +2671,23 @@ Backspace character (ASCII 8). @item @nicode{\0} NUL character (ASCII 0). +@item @nicode{\} followed by newline (ASCII 10) +Nothing. This way if @nicode{\} is the last character in a line, the +string will continue with the first character from the next line, +without a line break. + +If the @code{hungry-eol-escapes} reader option is enabled, which is not +the case by default, leading whitespace on the next line is discarded. + +@lisp +"foo\ + bar" +@result{} "foo bar" +(read-enable 'hungry-eol-escapes) +"foo\ + bar" +@result{} "foobar" +@end lisp @item @nicode{\xHH} Character code given by two hexadecimal digits. For example @nicode{\x7f} for an ASCII DEL (127). |