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illegal espace sequence question

hey all

"coo\l" is equivalent to "cool" in my compiler as "\l" is not a
recognized escape sequence.

My question is what does the standard say about this ?
Thanks
Raj

Jul 23 '05 #1
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<ra******@hotmail.com> wrote...
hey all

"coo\l" is equivalent to "cool" in my compiler as "\l" is not a
recognized escape sequence.

My question is what does the standard say about this ?


The Standard says that the behaviour is undefined.

V
Jul 23 '05 #2

Victor Bazarov wrote:
<ra******@hotmail.com> wrote...
hey all

"coo\l" is equivalent to "cool" in my compiler as "\l" is not a
recognized escape sequence.

My question is what does the standard say about this ?


The Standard says that the behaviour is undefined.

V


Any links or section number would be greatly appreciated.

Raj

Jul 23 '05 #3

Victor Bazarov wrote:
<ra******@hotmail.com> wrote...
hey all

"coo\l" is equivalent to "cool" in my compiler as "\l" is not a
recognized escape sequence.

My question is what does the standard say about this ?


The Standard says that the behaviour is undefined.

V


Any links or section number would be greatly appreciated.

Raj

Jul 23 '05 #4
<ra******@hotmail.com> wrote...

Victor Bazarov wrote:
<ra******@hotmail.com> wrote...
> hey all
>
> "coo\l" is equivalent to "cool" in my compiler as "\l" is not a
> recognized escape sequence.
>
> My question is what does the standard say about this ?


The Standard says that the behaviour is undefined.

V


Any links or section number would be greatly appreciated.


2.13.2/3, one sentence before last.
Jul 23 '05 #5

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