# HG changeset patch
# User aidan
# Date 1195064442 0
# Node ID dc697b1b786fe7c66173cdbdc4ab04d26980516f
# Parent  9db20cbbe4c7be82a3cdface3f84545b3812ef02
[xemacs-hg @ 2007-11-14 18:20:41 by aidan]
Document how one can include a trailing backslash in a raw string.

diff -r 9db20cbbe4c7 -r dc697b1b786f man/ChangeLog
--- a/man/ChangeLog	Wed Nov 14 18:06:52 2007 +0000
+++ b/man/ChangeLog	Wed Nov 14 18:20:42 2007 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-11-14  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>
+
+	* lispref/objects.texi (String Type):
+	Describe how one can include a trailing backslash in a raw string,
+	by means of the Unicode escape syntax. 
+
 2007-11-14  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>
 
 	* xemacs/keystrokes.texi (Character Representation):
diff -r 9db20cbbe4c7 -r dc697b1b786f man/lispref/objects.texi
--- a/man/lispref/objects.texi	Wed Nov 14 18:06:52 2007 +0000
+++ b/man/lispref/objects.texi	Wed Nov 14 18:20:42 2007 +0000
@@ -1084,10 +1084,13 @@
 a string, each character following a backslash is included literally in
 the string, and all backslashes are left in the string.  This means that
 @code{#r"\""} is a valid string literal with two characters, a backslash and a
-double-quote.  It also means that a string  with this syntax @emph{cannot end
-in a single backslash}.  As with Python, from where this syntax was
+double-quote.  It also means that a string  with this syntax cannot end
+in a single backslash.  As with Python, from where this syntax was
 taken, you can specify @code{u} or @code{U} after the @code{#r} to
-specify that interpretation of Unicode escapes should be done. 
+specify that interpretation of Unicode escapes should be
+done---@pxref{Character Type}---and if you use @code{#ru} for your raw
+strings, the restriction on the trailing backslash can be worked around
+like so: @code{#ru"Backslash: \u005C"}.
 
   The newline character is not special in the read syntax for strings;
 if you write a new line between the double-quotes, it becomes a