[PD] comma and escaping revisited

[Max]

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On 07.07.20 19:52, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote:
> hi, I tested your cases and didn't see anything funny, can you send 
> me/us a patch?
> 
> Em ter., 7 de jul. de 2020 às 08:48, Max <abonnements at revolwear.com 
> <mailto:abonnements at revolwear.com>> escreveu:
> 
>     Hi list,
> 
>     I found an old thread between m.e.grimm and Roman Haefeli in the
>     archives from 2014-01-26 about escaping in Pd.
> 
>     https://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2014-01/105594.html
> 
>     Roman sees this odd behavior in escaping a comma:
> 
>     ----message to print--
>     \, comma at the beginning;
>     comma\, right after first word;
>     comma in\, the middle;
>     comma at the end\,;
>     -------
> 
>     gives:
> 
>     ----print--
>     print: , comma at the beginning
>     print: comma, right after first word
>     print: comma in\, the middle
>     print: comma at the end\,
>     ----/print--
> 
>     Meaning the backslash can escape the comma when it comes in the
>     beginning or after the first word, but later the escaping character
>     will
>     be part of the printout.
> 
>     Is this a bug? is there an explanation for this inconsistency or should
>     I file an issue for it?
> 
>     Actually this looks related:
>     https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/824
> 
>     m.
> 
> 
> 
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