[PD] comma and escaping revisited

[Max]

Added this issue:
https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/1083



On 08.07.20 16:30, Max wrote:
> Alex, can you elaborate what you mean by "not seeing anything funny"?
> Do you see the same output as Roman and I, and think it is meant like 
> that? What's the logic behind it?
> Or do you see a different output?
> 
> m.
> 
> 
> 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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