Re: double backslash problem in elisp

[Kevin Rodgers]

Xah Lee wrote:
> double backslash should mean single backslash as far as i knows...

Yes, double backslash within "..." means a single backslash character
within that string.

But a backslash character within a regexp (i.e. a string interpreted by
a function such as replace-regexp-in-string as a regexp) is an escape
character in the regexp syntax.  So it cannot stand on its own.

<grrr>Really Xah, for all your chest-puffing about your experience
in the field of programming, you really surprise me sometimes with
questions like this.</grrr>

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA