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authorEli Zaretskii2006-06-24 06:54:52 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii2006-06-24 06:54:52 +0000
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(Character Type): Document that Emacs signals an error for unsupported Unicode
characters specified as \uNNNN.
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diff --git a/lispref/objects.texi b/lispref/objects.texi
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@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ the Unicode code point @samp{U+@var{nnnn}}. There is a slightly
438different syntax for specifying characters with code points above 438different syntax for specifying characters with code points above
439@code{#xFFFF}; @code{\U00@var{nnnnnn}} represents the character whose 439@code{#xFFFF}; @code{\U00@var{nnnnnn}} represents the character whose
440Unicode code point is @samp{U+@var{nnnnnn}}, if such a character 440Unicode code point is @samp{U+@var{nnnnnn}}, if such a character
441is supported by Emacs. 441is supported by Emacs. If the corresponding character is not
442supported, Emacs signals an error.
442 443
443 This peculiar and inconvenient syntax was adopted for compatibility 444 This peculiar and inconvenient syntax was adopted for compatibility
444with other programming languages. Unlike some other languages, Emacs 445with other programming languages. Unlike some other languages, Emacs