[RESOLVED] Re: \u0000 in literals?

Another nuance I seem to have missed.  Using capitalization to
differentiate seems a bit odd but certainly deterministic.


On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Eric Prud'hommeaux <eric@w3.org> wrote:

> * Alex Milowski <alex@milowski.com> [2013-05-20 09:39-0700]
> > It appears that tests:
> >
> >   turtle-syntax-bad-esc-03.ttl
> >   turtle-syntax-bad-esc-04.ttl
> >
> > are exactly the same.
> >
> > The both have the contents:
> >
> > # Bad string escape
> > <http://example/s> <http://example/p> "\U0000WXYZ" .
> >
> > As far as I can tell, sections 2.5.1 and 6.4 indicate that NUL (U+0000)
> is
> > a perfectly legal character as long as it is escaped via \u0000 or
> \U0000.
>
> Currently, \u0000 is legal in Turtle (and SPARQL) both in escaped and
> raw form.
>
>
> > Why are these tests marked as negative syntax tests?
> >
> > Also, I assume that one of them was to test \u0000 instead of \U0000 ?
>
> One of these tests makes sure that the parser distinguishes between
> \uXXXX and \UXXXXXXXX. I don't know why thre are two (does it still
> work? how 'bout now?).
>
> There has been some reluctance within the working group to change the
> test suite this late in the game. Presuming you are persuaded that
> "\U0000WXYZ" is invalid per the Turtle grammar, will you be content
> whether or not the WG removes the redundant test? If so, please
> respond with [RESOLVED] in the subject.
>
>
> > --
> > --Alex Milowski
> > "The excellence of grammar as a guide is proportional to the paucity of
> the
> > inflexions, i.e. to the degree of analysis effected by the language
> > considered."
> >
> > Bertrand Russell in a footnote of Principles of Mathematics
>
> --
> -ericP
>



-- 
--Alex Milowski
"The excellence of grammar as a guide is proportional to the paucity of the
inflexions, i.e. to the degree of analysis effected by the language
considered."

Bertrand Russell in a footnote of Principles of Mathematics