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  1. From: Michael Cook <mcook@cognex.com>
  2. Message-ID: <r4g2c8lcrp.fsf@erawan.cognex.com>
  3. X-Original-Date: 18 Feb 1996 13:16:58 -0500
  4. Path: in2.uu.net!bounce-back
  5. Date: 19 Feb 96 02:30:07 GMT
  6. Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au
  7. Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
  8. Subject: Re: Numeric literal formats
  9. Organization: Cognex Corporation, Natick, Massachusetts
  10. References: <3125C1DC.35AE@ix.netcom.com>
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  17. >>>>> "P" == "Paul D DeRocco" <pderocco@ix.netcom.com> writes:
  18.  
  19.  P> Oh heck, I might as well throw this in. Why isn't there an escape for 
  20.  P> escape? That is, why can't \e be defined as \x1B, since it's such a 
  21.  P> common control character?
  22.  
  23. What would \e mean if the character set were not ASCII?
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