Make Lisp reader errors more informative with over-long hex, octal characters src/ChangeLog addition: 2010-08-21 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> * lread.c (read_escape): Make error messages better reflect the text that was encountered, when overlong hex character escapes or non-Latin-1 octal character escapes are encountered. man/ChangeLog addition: 2010-08-21 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> * lispref/objects.texi (Character Type): Go into more detail here on the specific type of error provoked on overlong hex character escapes and non-Latin-1 octal character escapes; give details of why the latter may be encountered, and what to do with such code.

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+2010-08-21  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>
+
+	* lispref/objects.texi (Character Type):
+	Go into more detail here on the specific type of error provoked on
+	overlong hex character escapes and non-Latin-1 octal character
+	escapes; give details of why the latter may be encountered, and
+	what to do with such code.
+
 2010-06-13  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>
 
 	* external-widget.texi: Correct FSF address in permission notice.