Re: Q 7.0 character escape syntax (was: Re: [q-lang-users] ANN: Q 7.0 release candidate)

[John C. <co...@cc...>]

Albert Graef scripsit:

> Keep the existing \ddd, \0ooo, \0xhhh notation and extend that with the 
> \(<int>) notation? Or rather jump on the C/Python/... bandwagon and 
> employ the widely used \ooo, \xhh, \uhhhh, \Uhhhhhhhh notation? (Note 
> that then I'd also have to slash the decimal escape syntax of pre-7.0 
> releases, potentially breaking existing scripts in places where it might 
> not be easily noticed.) Any other proposals? Opinions?

I'm happy to retain the existing syntax, adding the () delimiters.  What
matters is that characters can be encoded in hex (which is already true,
I just didn't know how) and that delimiters be provided.  If anything,
consistency between character numbers and number numbers is a Good Thing.

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