Re: Feature proposal: \x## notation in strings

[Diego Nehab <diego@...>]

Hi,

> Also, as has been pointed out by others. If hexadecimal
> characters are an oddity & code bloat, the less ubiquitous
> "decimal character" escape is too and should be removed.
> Decimal escape sequences are more an oddity than
> hexadecimal ones.

I think this is the strongest argument so far. I'd be happy
if decimal escape sequences were replaced with hexadecimal
ones.  Maybe in a future version.

Regards,
Diego