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Re: Numeric literal formats

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From: Michael Cook
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 02:30
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>>>>> "P" == "Paul D DeRocco" <pderocco@ix.netcom.com> writes:

 P> Oh heck, I might as well throw this in. Why isn't there an escape for 
 P> escape? That is, why can't \e be defined as \x1B, since it's such a 
 P> common control character?

What would \e mean if the character set were not ASCII?
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From: Michael Cook <mcook@cognex.com>
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Date: 19 Feb 96 02:30:07 GMT
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