The binary character specifier escape code causes an error if a correctly formed binary character code (8 bits) is immediately followed by non-whitespace.
contents of ex.err
/home/user/src/get.e/bug.ex:5
<0343>:: Expecting only '0', '1' or space to follow the '\b'
ex = "\b11011101text" -- uh-oh
^
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a code 'snipplet' that causes the error
-- bug demo, text should be acceptable here to be consistent with other numerical character/element
-- intra-string encodings (\x, \u, \U)
object ex
ex = "\xDEADBEEFtext" -- good to go, no error
ex = "\b11011101text" -- uh-oh
bugreport.ex output
Version
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4.0.5 development (5743:62d94559f849, 2012-10-15 09:43:49)
Operating System
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Platform: Linux, Build: wotsit, 3.2.0-4-486:0
Include Directories
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1: /home/user/bin/euphoria/include/
2: /home/user/downloads
3: /home/user/bin/euphoria/include
EUDIR
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/home/user/bin/euphoria
PATH
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/home/user/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/home/user/bin/euphoria/bin:/home/user/scripts:.
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