One way to think about the word "escape" in "escape sequence" is about escaping one string language for another. In the normal string language, every character in is the same character out. Escape via \ and it's another language where t is tab, r is carriage return, etc.
-y On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 10:11 AM, The Sidhekin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 3:45 PM Parrot Raiser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Parrot Raiser <[email protected]> >> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 09:41:44 -0400 >> Subject: Re: escape codes >> To: ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> >> >> 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 >
