[comp.lang.c] The meaning of x

PETERSC0%VUENGVAX.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu (04/01/87)

    )I'm rather new to this list and not terribly experienced in C, but
I think '\x' should generate an error.  If '\xnn' (where nn is some number)
means the character representation of the hexadecimal number nn, then it
seems logical to me that '\x' would mean that the value has not been
specified, and therefore an error should be the result...

    But, perhaps (as it has been said) this should have some meaning (I
advocate '\0') but be flagged by lint and/or the standard compiler...

Chris Petersen
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