Re: character and string escapes

2009-02-08 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello! Neil Jerram writes: > Mike Gran writes: > >> Why do strings use hex for unnamed control characters while >> characters use octal? > > I don't know. Ludo might know more, from his work on the reader. I don't know either, I guess it's "always" been this way. The "String Read Syntax" no

Re: character and string escapes

2009-02-08 Thread Neil Jerram
Mike Gran writes: > Why do strings use hex for unnamed control characters while > characters use octal? I don't know. Ludo might know more, from his work on the reader. > Also, r6rs likes hex characters. Is that something that might be > added to Guile? Would that be the same as the \x...