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[#742] project: compiler priority: low category: missing feature
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Burak Martin won't fix 2006-09-13 14:38:56.0
subject [contrib #194] "\u" in multiline strings should not start a unicode escape sequence
code
val x = """\u"""
what happened
error: error in unicode escape
what expected x: java.lang.String = \u """\u""" == "\\u" should evaluate to true without error.
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Burak  edited on  2006-09-13 14:39:35.0
spec it or fix it?
Burak  edited on  2006-09-19 17:28:59.0
after discussion in scala meeting, I added the option -nouescape which switches the unicode escapes off completely. This should solve Jon's problem. His expectation is hard to fulfil...