RE: [relax-ng] Java-style Unicode escapes

[Michael Fitzgerald <mike@wyeast.net>]

I think \x{N} is probably the better choice. -Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: James Clark [mailto:jjc@jclark.com]
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 5:57 AM
To: RELAX NG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [relax-ng] Java-style Unicode escapes



> Perl uses \x{N}, so we might want to consider that instead of \u{N}.

Two reasons why one might prefer \x to \u:

1. XML uses "x" to introduce hex char refs.

2. If we use \u, people may be surprised that it it is followed by an 
argument in braces rather than 4 hex digits as in Java.

James


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