"Richard M. Stallman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>     No.  There is no escaping whatsoever, nor is there a delimiter.  The 4
>     before the H is a character count.  And H stands for "Hollerith code",
>     the punch card predecessor of "ASCII code".
>
> Another advantage of 4H^.*\n is that you can join the 4H club.
>
> However, it won't fit in Emacs Lisp, because it can't be parsed
> backwards.

Yes, but there are 4HclubH4s for every taste.  Imagine trying to
explain that design decision to someone in 10 years...

/s


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