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From: amos@instable.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Value of x?
Message-ID: <730@instable.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-Apr-87 12:29:26 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  1 12:29:26 1987
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Reply-To: amos%nsta@nsc.com (Amos Shapir)
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Hdate: 3 Nisan 5747

According to K&R (p. 180), if the character following \ is not
one of the special escape sequences, the \ is ignored.
H&S's new C Manual (P.20-22) define a character constant's escape
sequence as \ followed by one of: b t n v f r ' "  Anything else
does not constitute a valid escape sequence and should be, therefore,
illegal (or at least undefined).
-- 
	Amos Shapir
National Semiconductor (Israel)
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