Baptiste Mathus: > Backslash escape is because the parser needs to know you're not > trying to "despecialize" the following character. By default \ > *is* a special character. (E.g. "\to" would mean \t, which is a > tabulation, then the letter o). > So using \ because the second \, the parser just > > It's the same in Java, C AFAIR and probably most languages BTW.
I know about the purpose of escape characters, but -- until Gianluca's reply -- I didn't know where to look for their exact specification in the declarative syntax. -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ http://preview.tinyurl.com/qcy6mjc [archived] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/20200816004427.58f8311de5e089ffa995cdea%40gmail.com.
