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- Subject: Re: Literal string strangeness
- From: Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>
- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:30:54 -0200
> > I would have expected a 13 in place of the second 10. Any ideas?
> > I am using Lua 5.1.4 on linux. Thanx!
>
> It is deliberate, see llex.c lines 257-263. I cannot find any mention
> in the manual ( assuming it would be in
> http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.1)
>
> mauro
Long strings should be used for text. If you want to embedded control
characters (anything that needs "a hexdump of the code to clarify"),
you should use a regular string with escapes. We will clarify this
in the manual (without an hexdump ;).
-- Roberto
