Add \e in string escapes, it should do the same as \x[escape key hex].

"Dn7" <Dn7_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:c3sok9$q5c$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Add \e in string escapes, it should do the same as \x[escape key hex].

What's the rationale?

In article <c3st6d$128s$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
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>"Dn7" <Dn7_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:c3sok9$q5c$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> Add \e in string escapes, it should do the same as \x[escape key hex].
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>What's the rationale?
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It is also used by C/C++, and they're common to use for writing attributes to the console. I don't think it would take a lot of effort adding it ;)

Dn7 wrote:
> It is also used by C/C++, and they're common to use for writing attributes to
> the console. I don't think it would take a lot of effort adding it ;)

\033 isn't that hard to type, is it?

 -- andy

"Dn7" <Dn7_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:c3t4ug$1fh9$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> In article <c3st6d$128s$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
> >"Dn7" <Dn7_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:c3sok9$q5c$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> >> Add \e in string escapes, it should do the same as \x[escape key hex].
> >What's the rationale?
> It is also used by C/C++, and they're common to use for writing attributes
to
> the console. I don't think it would take a lot of effort adding it ;)

It's non-standard for both C and C++, and since it's redundant, I'm reluctant to add it.

In article <c3t5e2$1g6j$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Andy Friesen says...
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>Dn7 wrote:
>> It is also used by C/C++, and they're common to use for writing attributes to the console. I don't think it would take a lot of effort adding it ;)
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>\033 isn't that hard to type, is it?
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>  -- andy
case 'e': return '\033'; break; isn't either.

In article <c3t5e2$1g6j$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Andy Friesen says...
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>Dn7 wrote:
>> It is also used by C/C++, and they're common to use for writing attributes to the console. I don't think it would take a lot of effort adding it ;)
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>\033 isn't that hard to type, is it?
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>  -- andy

Let me check. \033. Still, how hard would it be making \e.

Dn7 wrote:
> case 'e': return '\033'; break; isn't either.

It's not so much a matter of it being easy as a matter of it not at all being necessary.

A frequently useful construction that is difficult to replicate with the language as it stands is a good candidate for inclusion  A minor piece of syntactic sugar that saves two keystrokes and will rarely see use is not.

 -- andy