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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref2.tex b/Doc/ref/ref2.tex index d1503b4..3a8bba2 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref2.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref2.tex @@ -358,10 +358,8 @@ to those used by Standard \C{}. The recognized escape sequences are: \end{tableii} \index{ASCII@\ASCII{}} -In strict compatibility with Standard C, up to three octal digits are -accepted, but an unlimited number of hex digits is taken to be part of -the hex escape (and then the lower 8 bits of the resulting hex number -are used in 8-bit implementations). +As in Standard C, up to three octal digits are accepted. However, +exactly two hex digits are taken in hex escapes. Unlike Standard \index{unrecognized escape sequence}C, all unrecognized escape sequences are left in the string unchanged, |