On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 3:45 PM Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 09:41:44 -0400 > Subject: Re: escape codes > To: ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> > > Those (\t & \n) aren't "escape characters", (though the \ is an > escape, so you might classify t & n a "escaped"). > > I think the term you're looking for is "whitespace" characters. > Or "escape sequences"? See https://docs.perl6.org/language/syntax#Literals (Yeah, the original escape sequences start with the Escape character, but that train has long left the station ...) Eirik
