From: David Flanagan <david@...>
Date: 2007-10-27T05:18:33+09:00
Subject: Re: \u escapes in string literals: proof of concept   implementation

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: \u escapes in string literals: proof of concept   implementation"
>     on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:53:57 +0900, David Flanagan <david@davidflanagan.com> writes:
> 
> |I like the \Uxxxxxx escape instead of \u{}.  Would you consider this, Matz?
> 
> Actually I hate counting digits.  When I am forced to put sufficient
> number of preceding zeros to specify non-BMP character, I'd go mad.
> Is there any reason \U<8ditits> is better than \u{}?  If it's
> sufficient reason, it's OK to allow \U as well.
> 
> 							matz.
> 

In a related matter, Should String.inspect be modified to support \u 
escapes?  Perhaps when the primary encoding is not unicode it should do 
this?

	David