Re: [q-lang-users] Re: [qlang] Q 7.0 character escape syntax

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

Keith Trenton scripsit:

> I prefer a warning over an error; however, in the programming that I
> do, I am unlikely to be affected either way. So, I am happy to defer
> to those with stronger opinions.

Then why prefer the warning?  Nobody's actually disputed my point:
that by making \z an error, it's possible to add \z to mean
something later (\0xFFFF, say) with no possibility that it already
appears somewhere in existing code.

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