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authorknu <knu@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2015-09-16 06:31:39 +0000
committerknu <knu@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2015-09-16 06:31:39 +0000
commit5ac401c8dcd6d79c21aea09ee180ce1ba1a9fc18 (patch)
tree0ae31f314437d13ed5fc55ebeb63f9b5015608a4 /doc/syntax
parent2b89d63e61bd53c387a5fccfb6c3651def0bd319 (diff)
[DOC] `\0` is interpreted as NUL only if not followed by an octal digit.
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@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Double-quote strings allow escaped characters such as <tt>\n</tt> for
newline, <tt>\t</tt> for tab, etc. The full list of supported escape
sequences are as follows:
- \0 null, ASCII 00h (NUL)
+ \0 null, ASCII 00h (NUL), only if not followed by an octal digit ([0-7])
\a bell, ASCII 07h (BEL)
\b backspace, ASCII 08h (BS)
\t horizontal tab, ASCII 09h (TAB)