From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-08-31T21:50:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Encodings of string literals; explicit codepoint escapes?

On Aug 31, 2007, at 3:19 AM, Marc Haisenko wrote:

> On Friday 31 August 2007 09:39, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
>> We will provide "binary" string literals probably via b"" or ""b (not
>> fixed yet).
>
> I would use b"" for a very simple reason: if your string is so big  
> that it
> runs out of your editor window you easily miss the trailing 'b' in  
> the ""b
> notation.

Would it be possible for us to extend Ruby's existing special string  
syntax for this:

   %b{ � }
   %u{ � }

?

James Edward Gray II