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| author | Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com> | 2015-02-10 08:41:52 -0800 |
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| committer | Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com> | 2015-02-10 08:41:52 -0800 |
| commit | 577c51cdc03c7ef95f15e36cf1130080082bce5a (patch) | |
| tree | a3e974e0bc8a72501427e2b40ce44e8a877a341a /src/doc/reference.md | |
| parent | cef623e5a6a57ddf9a126664f3cbb76735955cfd (diff) | |
| parent | bb49195d22105e11feffc604a2c25128617816b6 (diff) | |
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rollup merge of #22072: geofft/doc-byte-string-literal
This was correct in the EBNF, but not in the prose (which seems to have been copied-and-pasted from regular string literals).
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diff --git a/src/doc/reference.md b/src/doc/reference.md index e5ad4f8200b..09181e10abd 100644 --- a/src/doc/reference.md +++ b/src/doc/reference.md @@ -381,11 +381,13 @@ character (`\`), or a single _escape_. It is equivalent to a `u8` unsigned ##### Byte string literals -A _byte string literal_ is a sequence of ASCII characters and _escapes_ -enclosed within two `U+0022` (double-quote) characters, with the exception of -`U+0022` itself, which must be _escaped_ by a preceding `U+005C` character -(`\`), or a _raw byte string literal_. It is equivalent to a `&'static [u8]` -borrowed array of unsigned 8-bit integers. +A non-raw _byte string literal_ is a sequence of ASCII characters and _escapes_, +preceded by the characters `U+0062` (`b`) and `U+0022` (double-quote), and +followed by the character `U+0022`. If the character `U+0022` is present within +the literal, it must be _escaped_ by a preceding `U+005C` (`\`) character. +Alternatively, a byte string literal can be a _raw byte string literal_, defined +below. A byte string literal is equivalent to a `&'static [u8]` borrowed array +of unsigned 8-bit integers. Some additional _escapes_ are available in either byte or non-raw byte string literals. An escape starts with a `U+005C` (`\`) and continues with one of the |
