errata/278: 17.1.1: not clear how "\a" is interpreted

From: Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com
Date: Thu Jan 30 2003 - 02:59:07 PST

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    >Number: 278
    >Category: errata
    >Originator: Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com
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    >Description:

    In 17.1.1, paragraph 4, bullet 1 says,

    "The special character \ indicates that the character to
    follow is a literal or nonprintable character (see Table 66)."

    If there is a \, followed by a character not in Table 66,
    such as "\a", is it interpreted just as "a" ?

    I have seen this question actually discussed by implementors.

    A clarification might also need to go in 2.6.3.

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