On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 2:35 AM, Per Bothner <[email protected]> wrote:

> Section 6.7 "Strings" lists '\|' as an escape sequence valid in strings.
> However, 7.1.1 "Lexical structure" does *not* show '\|' as valid syntax
> in <string element> - it does not match <mnemonic escape>.
> OTOH <symbol element> explicitly lists '\|'.
>
> I assume the formal syntax is correct, and 6.7 needs some editorial
> tweaking.
>

Yes, the formal syntax is correct.  There's no reason
to use \| in a string since | by itself is perfectly valid.

-- 
Alex
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