Re: make :ts documentation

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 09:47:19AM -0800, Simon J. Gerraty wrote:
 > > It should be the same as C escapes unless there's a compelling reason
 > > to the contrary, which there isn't.
 > 
 > I don't disagree - but does that mean that
 > 
 > \111 should be taken as octal?
 > 
 > as the person complained?

Yes.

Much as octal has become irrelevant over the years, making any one
thing behave differently from everything else isn't a good idea.

It is also probably time we came up with an overall plan for escaping
in make.

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David A. Holland
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