Internally they might be the same thing, but lexically they aren't; eg, Clojure string literals can wrap over multiple lines, and Java strings can't.
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Mark Engelberg <mark.engelb...@gmail.com>wrote: > According to the Java docs, Java strings support eight escape characters. > http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/data/characters.html > One of the valid escape characters is \' > > Clojure strings are supposed to be the same as Java strings, but when I > type the following string into the Clojure REPL, I get an error that \' is > an unsupported escape character: > "\'" > > Does Clojure have some intentional reason for not fully supporting the > spec for Java strings, or is this just a bug? > > --Mark > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
