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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Usage of \ in Ada
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On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:44:41 GMT, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:

> Jerry wrote:
>> 
>> Am I right in recommending that this behavior for Ada be such that \ is
>> never an escape character?
> 
> The language attributes no special meaning to any character.

Hmm, I don't think it is true. For example, format effectors:

ARM 2.2(2): "The text of a compilation is divided into lines. In general,
the representation for an end of line is implementation defined. However, a
sequence of one or more format_effectors other than character tabulation
(HT) signifies at least one end of line."

I.e. placing LF character into a string literal, be prepared to
surprises...

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