http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53690
--- Comment #5 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-07-08 21:44:28 UTC --- For the record, http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2170.html changed the behaviour so UCNs corresponding to control characters are allowed in character and string literals.