Re: [PATCH v2] log-tree: use custom line terminator in line termination mode

[Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> Having said that, are we sure that
>>>
>>> 	printf "add bar\0initial"
>>>
>>> works per specification, or merely works by accident in some
>>> implementation?
>>
>> Since the backslash is not followed by $ ` " \ <newline> it is not
>> special to the shell.
>
> Yeah, but I wasn't worried about what shell does in the first place. I was
> worried about what printf(1) does.

Oh, I was confused becaused you mentioned the C case where the \NNN
interpretation is done by the compiler, not printf(3).

Andreas.

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