* Damien Neil ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [24 Aug 2000 08:27]:
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 06:53:31AM +1000, iain truskett wrote:
> > > /* File: C:\user\jv\demo.java */
> >
> > > t.java:1: Invalid escape character.
> > > /* File: C:\user\jv\demo.java */
> > In that situation, I would say that the java compiler isn't really
> > doing what it should be doing. i.e. That looks like a bug, not a
> > feature. gcc does no such thing with its comments.
> That would be because gcc is a C compiler, not a Java compiler.
> Java permits you to write Unicode characters as escape sequences like
> this: \u1234. This translation can occur within comments, and the
> above comment contains an illegal \u escape sequence.
Aah. Now it makes sense (amazing how little of Java one can learn in two
years when one doesn't like the basic syntax of it).
Does it try to parse other escape sequences (such as \t, \n, \r etc.) or
just the Unicode one?
If just the Unicode one then I'd say the problem is a feature, not a
bug (reversing my stance), but one we probably don't have to worry about
since it's peculiar to Java. Right?
It's a gotcha, but not a drastic one.
cheers,
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