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

[Enrico Colombini <erix@...>]

John Passaniti wrote:
> 2.  The function that transforms the string literal takes some
> non-zero amount of time to process.  Typically this is going to be a
> call to gsub.  That's generally pretty efficient, but still far more
> expensive than a LOADK instruction.  Consider what happens if the
> transformation function is called inside a loop that executes many
> times.

Also, in embedded systems (where a hex constant notation would probably 
be desirable) the string library could be unavailable due to 
space/time/gc constraints, so gsub could not be used.

  Enrico